Ambitious Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham is campaigning in London with allies of Angela Rayner.
Politics Home reports that Burnham is to head to Islington and Lewisham to do some door-to-door campaigning. Curiously Guido can report that three days after Angela Rayner went door-knocking in Peckham with leftist housing minister Miatta Fahbulleh, Burnham is doing exactly the same tomorrow afternoon. The Mayor of Manchester is free to discuss matters with Fahnbulleh in the streets of Camberwell…
Over the weekend Team Burnham’s briefers revived an idea from pre-Labour Conference that if Starmer’s personal poll ratings remain low he could hand over the reigns to Burnham after wrapping up sufficient foreign policy matters. More important for Burnham is wrestling control of Labour’s National Executive Committee from Starmer loyalists who blocked his attempt for a seat – circa 16 of the 40 NEC places are up for election in July…
Fahnbulleh served as a senior adviser to Rayner before entering the Commons. Burnham held talks with Rayner over the weekend. Both with their own weaknesses, the two teams could consider it in their interests to hammer out a leadership deal…
Red Wall Labour backbencher Jonathan Brash told GB News that Starmer should resign:
“I’m completely fed up about it, and I think it’s got to the point now where I genuinely think that, as far as the Prime Minister is concerned, it’s not a case of if, it’s when.”