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Is Andy Burnham Labour's saviour, or just its best bet?
Key takeaways
- Is Andy Burnham Labour's saviour, or just its best bet?
- It certainly is time to talk about the Greater Manchester mayor.
- But can he pull off the far bigger task ahead, and really be the "saviour" that Labour craves?
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Is Andy Burnham Labour's saviour, or just its best bet?
By Laura Kuenssberg Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg"Do you want a chat about the saviour?" a long-time Labour contact joked when I asked to pick their brains about their old colleague Andy Burnham, who is poised to enter No 10 in less than a month.
It certainly is time to talk about the Greater Manchester mayor. Only 10 days ago, he pulled off an impressive victory, in what one former minister described as a "Russian roulette" by-election in Makerfield, beating Reform and defying Labour's lack of popularity.
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