Chris Mason

It does.

And I think that, you know, that is a reminder, not that we need it, but of the gravity of this by-election.

And, you know, the thing I've...

Really taken away from my first two trips to the constituency.

And I love by-elections and I've covered dozens of them.

And I must admit, one or two of them, you know, won't trouble the history bugs.

In fact, more than one or two of them probably won't trouble the history bugs.

You get a real sense in the make-a-feel contest that, yeah, this is massive.

It's massive for Labour.

It's big for reform.

Andy Burnham's trying to test the central proposition of his whole, if you like, political outlook, which is that he can change Labour.

And what that really means is he can turn Labour into a competitive fighting force against reform.

That's what...

It is his pitches.

And this by election is a case study and whether or not that's true.

And that's and therefore that is huge.

And similarly, from reforms perspective, who are putting themselves forward as a prospective alternative government, the other side of the next general election, they they need to continue showing the kind of momentum that they need to try and climb an incredibly steep climb.

Newscast from the BBC.

Right, bye-bye.

You clearly do, in the words of Chris Mason, ooze stamina.