IAN LAVERY'S decision to rule himself out of standing for the Labour leadership in favour of backing Andy Burnham speaks volumes for the parliamentary party's political complexion.

Despite the political exit of Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson, who both left Parliament to spend more time with their ill-gotten fortunes, their muckies remain imprinted on the Parliamentary Labour Party.

Voters and Labour's membership have had a gutful of the New Labour obsession with sucking up to the banks and other so-called wealth creators.