Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander has crystallised the reasoning behind the Labour NEC’s decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in the by-election. Speaking to Sky News he said:
“There would have been three months of psychodrama. Who’s up? Who’s down? Who’s getting on with who? Who’s standing against who? Would that have been in the best interest of the Labour Party? Honestly I don’t think it would have”
In the meantime far-left Labour MPs are the only ones hitting the airwaves to publicly attack the NEC decision to block Burnham. Richard Burgon, Kim Johnson, Nadia Whittome…
Starmer’s hagiographer and wannabe Communications Director Tom Baldwin said similar on X: “the prospect of Burnham returning to Westminster has already added to inward-looking psychodrama that does no one any good.” To which Burnham replied: “I’m not sure losing a by-election does us any good either, Tom.” Game on for Reform…
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