IF the Labour Party has any sense it will block Andy Burnham from standing.
Most people in Westminster reckon Andrew Gwynne’s exit is a convenient way of letting to challenge for the keys to No10.
The Labour Party must stop Andy Burnham’s plot to challenge to become Prime Minister, claims a former MPCredit: Getty
Sun on Sunday Political Editor months ago.
The PM should tell the self-proclaimed King of the North to get on with the job voters in gave him less than two years ago.
And the Government needs to concentrate on the problems facing the country — getting the economy moving, cracking down on , sorting out the and getting young people onto or into work.
That’s the way to turn the polls round — not a lurch to the left under Burnham.
He would junk the moderate manifesto the country backed two years ago and thinks the Treasury can ignore the money markets.
Plus, who knows what he really stands for?
He went from being one of Tony Blair’s strongest new supporters to backing hard-left nutcase .
His supporters say he’s popular in Manchester — but that’s easy when you’re spending money other people have raised.
It’s more difficult when you have to start putting taxes up to pay for your plans.
The selection would be a circus, the by-election even worse and then we’d have a .
Months of chaos as the grinds to a halt.
The public got fed up of this nonsense with the .
should nip it in the bud now and tell Burnham to get on with his job because there’s no way he’ll be the candidate.
Former Labour MP Ian Austin says the Government needs to concentrate on the problems facing the countryCredit: PA:Press Association/PA Images


