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‘I hear he’s extremely liberal’: Trump offers first comments on Andy Burnham
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‘I hear he’s extremely liberal’: Trump offers first comments on Andy Burnham

The Guardian · Jun 25, 2026, 5:27 AM · Also reported by 3 other sources

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The US president told reporters the former Manchester mayor ‘probably won’t open up the North Sea’ for oil exploration Donald Trump has labelled Andy Burnham “extremely liberal”, in his first public comments about the former Greater Manchester mayor since he emerged as the frontrunner to replace Keir Starmer.The US president told reporters Burnham “probably won’t open up the North Sea” for oil exploration, and that “the UK is dying”, signalling that the newly elected Labour MP could face a rocky relationship with Trump. Continue reading...

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