Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester ran for his second term as mayor and won in 2024. To allow him in early 2026 to ditch that role to run for Parliament, meaning there will have to be yet another by-election (to replace him as mayor), while depriving someone else the chance to be selected for the MP position, is ridiculous
Yes, some will say Kier Starmer ran scared as Burnham was expected to mount a leadership challenge (he needs to be an MP to do so), letting Burnham run for the vacant MP seat would be completely ridiculous. Bearing in mind, Burnham was an MP who lost his seat and chose to run for Mayor instead, which he has been doing and is said to have done a good job as Mayor; he has 2 years to go in that role. If he wants to be an MP, he needs to wait for the next general election or he can quit his mayoral role and run for MP as an independent!
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