Alexandra Topping

it's time for you to leave.

So I do think that the path to number 10 seems clearer than ever.

And I mean, what conversations do you think Andy Burnham is going to be having?

I mean, that's what, as political reporters, we're all waiting to find out.

They will be confident now that he will get to number 10.

Obviously, we're several steps ahead of ourselves there.

There may well be a leadership contest.

There's going to be a leadership contest of some sort, even if Starmer stands aside.

Will other people stand against him?

Will it be a coronation?

That remains to be seen.

But I think Burnham will be

and very much setting out his stall, speaking to the people who are already in the cabinet and others that he may want to bring in.

He'll also be looking to the people who have been at the heart of his campaign, like Louise Haig and Annalise Midgley.

Brilliant team behind him.

They have run an astonishing campaign.

Tell us a bit about them.

And these are like, you know, the strong northern women who have led this campaign, who have led it with massive efficiency.

There's obviously ongoing dismay in the Labour Party that once again, we're talking about who's going to be the next leader of the Labour Party.

And once again, there's no women in the picture.