Andy Burnham says Labour MPs want him to oust Starmer
Andy Burnham warns Labour faces an existential threat and advocates radical policies including wealth taxes and nationalisation to restore party unity and electoral success.
- Andy Burnham has claimed that Labour MPs are privately urging him to challenge Keir Starmer for the leadership, as he unveiled his "plan to turn the country around".
- Burnham said he is "ready to play any role", including working with the Liberal Democrats and Jeremy Corbyn, because "the threat we're facing is increasingly an existential one".
- In a criticism of Starmer, Burnham said Number 10 had created a "climate of fear" among MPs and "alienation and demoralisation" within the party.
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Andy Burnham’s leadership ambitions: what is the path to mounting a challenge against Keir Starmer?
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has triggered a blazing row by telling the Telegraph that MPs want him to mount a leadership challenge against prime minister Keir Starmer. Starmer’s poll ratings are dire and for some weeks, discussion within some sections of the Labour Party has turned to who is his most likely successor. Up until early September, the assumption was that it would be Angela Rayner. But her resignation as deputy prime minister and d…
Labour Civil War: Manchester Mayor Threatens to Take on Starmer
A Game of Thrones-style contest appears to be unfolding in Westminster as speculation runs rampant over potential challengers seeking to topple Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, whose scandal-ridden and feckless government has long since lost popular legitimacy, despite only coming to power last year. The post Labour Civil War: Greater Manchester Mayor Burnham Says MPs Calling on Him to Topple Starmer appeared first on Breitbart.
Labour MPs privately urging me to challenge PM, says Burnham
The self-styled King of the North, Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, has said MPs have been urging him to challenge the prime minister for Labour’s crown. And after decades of debate, a so-called ‘Brit-Card’ is coming. Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce the introduction of compulsory digital ID cards to verify a citizen’s right to live and work in the UK and help tackle illegal migration. Reporter: Andrew Misra Producer: Vik Patel Producer: Harry …
UK's Starmer dismisses leadership threat as rival stokes talk of challenge
LONDON - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday he was focused on \"economic stability\" after one of his party's mayors said he had been privately encouraged to launch a leadership challenge following criticism of the government's record. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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