Andy Burnham allies are gossiping about a political comeback for Angela Rayner, should the Mayor of Greater Manchester decide return to Westminster. The King of the North and the Red Queen…
According to the Telegraph, Labour MPs think a pact between Rayner and Burnham could emerge – in which the former deputy PM marshals support for Burnham from the backbenches ahead of his comeback. He becomes leader, she returns as deputy…
One Labour MP said:
“I do know that in the last year, there have been conversations between them… People suggest that Andy and her could run together… What we have to do as a party is to regain confidence in the north of England. Keir Starmer is never going to achieve that, and Andy could begin to pull it back.”
It is still mostly gossip, for now. As Guido reported, the Labour NEC are hostile to a Burnham by-election comeback and would move heaven and earth to stop it. Although with Andy’s pal Lucy Powell ahead in the deputy leadership race, and Rayner conspiring on the backbenches, there’s still an appetite to take them on. Of course, he’d then have to actually win that by-election…
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