Andy Burnham’s team has already hit back after Starmer said this morning that he wants Burnham to have a big role in government. A source in the Burnham camp told the Manchester Evening News that “the benefit Andy has is the wind of change for not having been associated with the Government’s failings.”
They also said that movement prior to the Manchester mayoral election would be ideal seeing as Starmer remaining in post would “give people ‘an excuse to vote against Labour.” Bullish noises…
Burnham confirms he spoke to Trump last night about drilling in the North Sea:
“I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here. There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president…”