George Parker

Angela Rayner, because she has an unsettled tax dispute with the HM Revenue and Customs, which is a

Andy Burnham, of course, is the mayor of Greater Manchester and isn't an MP, so isn't eligible to stand.

So, although the Labour Party will be in a state of high anxiety after the results come in on May the 7th, the question is, will they be prepared to try to start the process to remove Keir Starmer

when their preferred candidates are out of the running?

I think that's the big question that nobody knows the answer to.

Andy Burnham's people are certainly very confident that a seat will become available for him to contest in a by-election so that he's in place come the autumn, ready to mount some sort of leadership contest and, you know,

There is talk about finding another seat for him somewhere in the North West.

You remember last time he tried to stand, he was blocked by Keir Starmer's allies on Labour's ruling National Executive Committee.

Well, I don't think that's going to happen next time.

It just feels like that moment has passed.

If Andy Burnham wants to stand, I think he'll be allowed to stand.

He then has to win

by-election, of course, which is not always a bygone, a foregone conclusion when you're as unpopular as the Labour Party are at the moment.

But assuming Andy Burnham is an MP again by the autumn, I think that will really mark the beginning of the end for Keir Starmer, because it will then only be a matter of time before a challenge materialises.

Yeah, I think that's the case.

I was speaking to someone on the NEC last week and they said just because we decided not let him run last time doesn't mean the same decision will be reached again.

There are elections to the NEC coming up where we expect people who would be more sympathetic to Randy Burnham to arrive.

I think the mood in the Labour Party now is that the party's fortunes have sunk to such a low level.

and Andy Burnham is seen as a sort of breath of fresh air who could revitalise the party, that to carry on stopping him being an MP would be to shoot yourself in the foot.

And the problem is that once Andy Burnham is back at Westminster, then every single