Josh Simons on BBC Radio Manchester, asked if Andy Burnham made him any promises in exchange for giving up his seat:
“There’s some mad chat going around that I’m running for mayor of Manchester now, but I can tell you live right now, I’m not doing that. The first thing I’m going to do is spend some time with my three-week-old son. It’s been a bit of a whirlwind since he was born, and now this. I’m going to spend some time with my wife and my three kids and my newborn son. And most importantly, I’m going to be helping to win this by-election.”
Which is not quite the same thing as saying ‘no’, even if the BBC’s own write-up of the story wrongly claims it is. The Burnham camp first approached Simons earlier this week. He initially turned them down. That changed…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”