Green Party Leader Zack Polanski told Sky News he is discussing defections with sitting Labour MPs
“Yes, I’m having conversations with people all the time, including Labour MPs, about potential defections. But ultimately, I think the real thing that matters here is how are we serving communities rather than shuffling kind of cards around on the on the table. What I’m really excited about is winning elections.”
There might be some disappointment if it ends with not-even-an-MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle…
Former Treasury minister and adviser to Burnham in the Makerfield campaign Lord Jim O’Neill, who has turned down a role in his government, said Burnham’s first statement Commons was:
“The last thing investors wanted to hear… gilt yields have risen by a 0.25% in one day, which is a lot. We’ve not had that since Liz Truss days… If your country is under the focus of ‘can they come up with a sensible fiscal strategy’ on a day when the markets think ‘well no, you’re not showing any sign of it’ you’re going to have a tough day…if it stays like this your mortgage rate is going up.”