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Henry Zeffman: What does Keir Starmer do next after Andy Burnham's Makerfield win?
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- Henry Zeffman Chief political correspondent Reuters"Delusional."
- That's just a flavour of the messages I've been receiving from Labour MPs since Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election in the early hours of this morning.
- These MPs span Labour factions, generations and ministerial ranks.
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Henry Zeffman Chief political correspondent Reuters"Delusional."
That's just a flavour of the messages I've been receiving from Labour MPs since Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election in the early hours of this morning.
To be clear, it's Sir Keir Starmer they're talking about: the man who not even two years ago brought Labour back to the promised land of government after 14 years away, and only five years after Labour's worst ever general election defeat.
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