Carol Vorderman has just wrapped up her ‘fireside chat’ about the “new media landscape” with Carole Cadwalladr at Labour Conference. The key lessons were that she does not have the Daily Mail app on her phone (the audience liked that), Ofcom should muzzle GB News (the audience loved that), and, to the biggest cheer of the hour-long session, that she absolutely adores Andy Burnham. She warned she’d even consider standing for Parliament if the King of the North led the party…
Vorderman: “I love Andy Burnham… I have a [t-shirt]. I thought, should I come in ‘I love Andy’…
Cadwalladr: “…When we spoke together before at the Byline Times [festival], I was like come on Carol, someone needs to run for office, get out there. Would you ever stand to be an MP?”
Vorderman: “And I said only if Andy asked me…”
She also dismissed the idea of Labour winning another election so long as Keir Starmer holds the keys to Number 10, drawing nods from an audience made up mostly of Labour members. Downing Street can’t count on her effusive support next time…