Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester

British politician (1932-2010)

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It’s pretty clear that a decent majority of people would like to push a switch that meant Brexit had never happened,
But as the Jewish Greens pointed out, Zionism can mean so many different things,
This is potentially a game changing amount. It’s more in total than the big four or five parties spent altogether in the 2024 general election.”
And that... Is Burnham just going to be Starmer with a slightly more human presentation style?”
The message very much was, ‘If I become PM, I can’t really go beyond what the manifesto said because I haven’t got a mandate to do that.’ And the sheer state of public finances means there’s not much he can do, unless he wanted to significantly change taxation, which he said he’s not going to do.”
  • Senior political correspondent Peter Walker, who was on Downing Street to watch Starmer at the podium, recalls Burnham’s campaign launch in Makerfield
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