The Latest Breaking News from Andy Burnham

Reform backs Makerfield candidate amid row over social media posts

Robert Kenyon is reported to have said Russia was ‘within their rights’ to invade Crimea and questioned the seriousness of Covid-19.

The Independent UK · May 27

Burnham hits back at ‘out of touch’ Blair and blames centrists like him for rise of Farage

The party’s most successful former leader and prime minister has issued a scathing indictment of Labour

The Independent UK · May 27

Is the tenure of a leader becoming ‘nasty, brutish and short’?

When Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham announced that they intend to challenge Keir Starmer as prime minister, it felt like the start of a depressingly familiar loop. A leader who had made many great-sounding promises failed to deliver and lost the trust of the public. The public demands he quit,…

The Conversation · May 27

New Mandelson revelations cast doubt on claim vetting decision was borderline, Thornberry says – as it happened

‘It becomes quite clear why UKSV saw him as a subject of concern who shouldn’t be granted clearance,’ Thornberry tells the Guardian

The Guardian - UK · May 27

The establishment reaction to Andy Burnham’s rise is a sign of the fight to come

The old settlement will not politely bow out for its replacement – which is why progressives must take action on these three fronts, says Labour MP Clive Lewis

The Guardian - UK · May 27

Voices: If Labour wants to get back on track, it must listen to Tony Blair

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: In an extraordinary intervention, the most successful leader in the party’s history says it is only by embracing the ‘radical centre’ that either the party or the country can hope to hold off the threats coming down the tracks – Labour must focus on the ‘what’…

The Independent UK · May 26

Blair: Labour is playing with fire over UK’s future – and is too weak to rejoin EU

The party’s most successful former leader and prime minister issues a scathing indictment of Starmer’s government – and warns that the UK cannot even discuss rejoining the EU until it regains its lost strength

The Independent UK · May 26

Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump

In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election

The Guardian - UK · May 26

‘Labour lacks coherent plan’ says Sir Tony Blair in essay critical of Government

The former PM says Labour needs a ‘fundamental reset’ and claims it is ill-equipped to deal with the AI revolution and growth.

Evening Standard · May 26

Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate appeared to doubt seriousness of Covid on X

Exclusive: Robert Kenyon has been linked to vaccine scepticism and advised a person with the virus to ‘stop having boosters’

The Guardian - UK · May 26