Dr. Charles Cornish-Dale

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It's great to be back on The War Room.

Yeah, no, crucial by-election last night in Makerfield, Manchester area of the UK, the north.

It's a Labour heartland.

I mean, that's I think the first thing to remember.

This is a Labour heartland.

And the seat, I think, has been in Labour hands for the best part of 100 years.

I mean, this really is...

This really is a safe seat for Labour.

It's a seat where they can rely on generational loyalty to the party.

And I think that's what they got with Andy Burnham.

Andy Burnham got, I think, 50% of the vote.

Reform got 35%.

The insurgent party, Restore, led by Rupert Lowe, who was kicked out of reform last year by Nigel Farage, got, I think, 7.8%.

So, I mean, it was a very, very clear win for Andy Burnham, who is currently mayor of Manchester.

And the thing I think you have to remember about mayors like the mayor of Manchester is it's not...

particularly a difficult job.

It's a job that it's it's easy to be popular when you are the mayor of a city like Manchester.

You know, you put in some extra bus lanes, you do some vanity infrastructure projects.

It's kind of softball politics, really.

And so he's popular in the local area.

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