Starmer has been calling around the Cabinet today to try and shore up his support. The No10 line is still: He will fight…
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has told him to set out a timetable for his departure. The Cabinet is still split and is said to have waverers…
Naturally the wind is going out of the Streeting spin operation’s sails as some of his allies say he may not mind a Burnham coronation after all. It remains to be seen whether Wes bottles it (again)…
Louise Haigh said Burnham and Starmer would speak on Monday. Events could overtake that…
A trickle of additional Labour MPs are calling for Starmer to go. Burnham’s camp is targeting early September for a coronation, which has been their preferred option for some time…
It remains to be seen whether Burnham will credibly threaten to go sooner, or if the Cabinet will bother resigning en masse if Starmer remains defiant. Currently the No10 strategy is to tell Labour to focus on the Manchester mayoral race. What’s in a coup?
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”