Peter Kyle on Sky News this morning, acting as Number 10’s ambassador from the bunker:
“Andy Burnham left Westminster to go to Manchester, and he made a series of promises. I think promises matter…”
Kyle also reckons Starmer should serve another eight years in Downing Street. He doubled down on LBC:
“[Burnham] chose to leave Parliament in 2016 when things were really tough here… My personal view is this is not the moment to have another by-election and a Mayoral election, but these are decisions for the NEC. Andy chose to leave Parliament, he should stick to the promises he already made…”
Starmer delivers his make-or-break reset speech later this morning. Stay tuned…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”