Enda Brady

Good morning, Mike.

Great to speak to you again.

Correct, correct, correct.

I think that's what's going to happen.

Looking at the polling, first of all, the by-election, he's hitting about 46%.

The Reform UK candidate is on 41%.

And irony of ironies, the other far-right candidate from this splinter group, Restore UK, she's polling 7%.

And it's her taking the votes away from Reform, which is propelling Andy Burnham into Parliament, where he will immediately challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership.

And get the keys to number 10 Downing Street.

It is probably the most consequential by-election for a century.

Yes.

Yes, I think you've hit the nail on the head there.

Look, Burnham's a very popular guy in the North West, the Greater Manchester area.

He was Mayor of Manchester.

He has done some very good work.

And look, I know Andy, he's a very normal man.

He can talk to people one-on-one.

He goes into a room, he listens, he makes eye contact, and he's just a better communicator than Keir Starmer could ever be.

Well, look, he will just refer back to previous Conservatives who've done this.

Boris Johnson did it.