Alexandra Topping

And of course, transport is a big one, you know, that he,

The thing that we all know Vernon for is that he's got the B networking of buses in Manchester.

So I think that's the type of thing that he would like to see on a wider picture.

But it's much easier to do that in a place like Manchester where you've got the control over those things than it is across the country.

100%.

I think it really does.

I mean, I think we saw tactical voting in Denton, but in a slightly different way, Gorton and Denton.

And I think we saw that again here.

Now, Labour supporters who are getting extremely excited about this by-election victory and, you know, let's give them their moment.

They have to remember that this is a very specific place and Burnham is a very specific person for that place.

You know, he literally grew up down the road.

He's the mayor of Manchester.

Everyone knows who he is.

He's got this kind of star appeal round there.

He is an extraordinary candidate for that by-election.

So, you know, to mangle a football analogy, we've seen him do it on a rainy night in Stoke, but can he do it on a sunny afternoon in Islington?

Does that appeal work?

as well as in Manchester and the surrounding area.

Does it work throughout the rest of the country?

Yeah, I think the size of that, like the minuscule amount of people who voted Tory is really key.