Zoë Grünewald
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1,028 appearances
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1 series
first heard Sep 2024
last heard 9 Jul
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Well, look, there are people who are going to say that Starmer had a difficult decision to make either way, because on the one hand, if he had...
allowed Burnham's candidacy, it would have cost Greater Manchester an awful amount, millions to hold a new election, that it risked, you know, the Labour Party's stability if there was a leadership election, that, you know...
There can be a seat for Burnham at the next election if he wants it, but it's better for him to see his mayoralty through.
All those kind of things.
Except, of course, you need to think of this decision in context, which is that Keir Starmer has been constantly plagued with accusations of ruthless control over the party for his own and the people around him's sake and not for the good of the party or the good of the country.
And I think whatever the rules are about abandoning your mayoralty halfway through,
The optics of this are terrible.
Andy Burnham is a popular, autonomous figure.
He has a track record of delivering for the people of Manchester.
He has experience in government.
Equally, local members were cut out of the decision.
Andy Burnham has public trust.
He's widely liked, which if you're looking at Labour MPs or Labour politicians, there aren't many of them that are widely liked.
So it's not good for Keir Starmer.
I think it makes him look weak.
it makes him look like he's putting his own interests above that of the party.
And I was talking to MPs over the past few days.
They're not saying if Keir Starmer goes, they're saying when he goes.
The thing they're all waiting for is a viable candidate and a handover that looks...
coordinated and friendly rather than like a coup.
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