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What next for Andy Burnham? Five key questions after Makerfield win

Labour veteran is expected to launch a leadership bid, but some critics feel he is yet to clarify his policy positions

The Guardian - UK

Farage issues plea to voters who backed Restore after Reform by-election loss

‘I would say directly to them, what do you want?’ Nigel Farage said in a message to voters who backed Restore Britain in Makerfield

Evening Standard

I saw all Reform’s weaknesses on display in Makerfield – Farage should be worried

From a hopeless candidate to botched strategy, this latest byelection defeat is telling. But for Labour, there is still a long and arduous journey ahead, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Friday briefing: Andy Burnham wins Makerfield byelection to set up possible leadership bid

In today’s newsletter: The mayor of Manchester is set to return to Westminster after decisively beating Nigel Farage’s Reform

The Guardian - UK

Labour campaigners fear hordes of MPs may annoy public as Makerfield votes

Up to 3,000 activists – including cabinet ministers and other MPs – descending on constituency to back Andy Burnham

The Guardian - UK

‘I had one man spit at my poster’: Makerfield deeply divided as byelection campaign draws to a close

People across constituency say voters are ‘turning against each other’ but Labour believes they will back Andy Burnham because he is ‘bringing people together’

The Guardian - UK

Even Reform’s own data suggests it will lose Makerfield by-election, insider says

The Andy Burnham effect coupled with an inability to deal with Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain means the party faces defeat, says insider

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Tactical voting by Greens and Lib Dems could be key to Labour victory in Makerfield

Left-leaning voters more willing to back Andy Burnham than Restore supporters are to vote Reform

The Guardian - UK

I spent an evening with fans of Lotus Eaters – the hit podcast shaping Britain’s new far-right culture

At a sold-out show in its home town, Swindon, all the bombast and conviction driving this Restore-linked outlet was there to see, says journalist Oliver Haynes

The Guardian - UK

John Oliver on the Makerfield byelection: ‘Labour may never recover from the humiliation if they lose’

The host focused on the political ‘circus’ in the northern UK town as Labour’s Andy Burnham faces Reform

The Guardian - US

Farage vows to ban foreign nationals from social housing as byelection looms

Reform leader claims ‘anti-whiteness is institutionalised’ in UK as polls suggest Labour have lead in Makerfield

The Guardian - UK

Ant Middleton backs Reform UK’s Robert Kenyon in Makerfield byelection

Endorsement by former soldier, despite party’s apparent efforts to distance itself from him, is likely bid to attract Restore Britain voters

The Guardian - UK

Power games in a pub garden as MPs seek Burnham’s favour in Makerfield

Hundreds of Labour activists and MPs have ‘made the pilgrimage’ to the seat, where they are pounding the streets

The Guardian - UK

Polite but deadly: John Healey skewers Keir Starmer as he heads for the door

The defence secretary’s departure was the wrong resignation at the worst possible time for the prime minister

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The Independent UK

Could this woman determine who will be Britain’s next prime minister?

Rupert Lowe’s right-wing challenger could tip the balance in Makerfield – and Westminster

The Guardian - UK

Reform and Restore are both hard right and poisonous – but their differences could be their undoing

It is not enough to revile them both. Understanding the personal and ideological divergence is essential to taking back the ground they now occupy, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

There are no guardrails now on the right of UK politics: where Restore Britain goes, others will follow

In the UK – and across the west - incendiary language and white supremacist policies are entering the political mainstream, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Let this be a warning – if Europe worries about Trump, it has even more reason to fear JD Vance

His toxic Henry Nowak intervention fits a pattern. Vance has hard-right views, a disdain for European society – and he may yet become president, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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‘Violence is a red line’: could Nigel Farage’s ‘pure, cold rage’ rhetoric damage his brand?

Reform UK leader looks spooked by far-right Restore and risks undermining efforts to appeal to moderate voters

The Independent UK

Burnham needed to distance himself from Starmer’s ‘toxic’ Labour to boost hopes of by-election win, allies say

Exclusive: Allies of the Greater Manchester mayor have told The Independent that the decision to finally come clean publicly about his leadership ambitions was necessary to prove to voters in Makerfield that he will change Labour’s ‘toxic’ brand

The Independent UK

Who are the Makerfield candidates and why is the by-election so important?

Polls suggest it will be a tight race between Labour candidate Andy Burnham and Reform UK’s Robert Kenyon

The Times of India

‘Countless Sikh soldiers died for Britain’: Indian-origin Labour MP hits back at Rupert Lowe over calls for kirpan ban

Indian-origin Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has hit back at Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe after he called for a ban on carrying the Sikh ceremonial kirpan in public spaces following the murder of British-Polish teenager Henry Nowak.

The Independent UK

Farage call for ‘rage’ after Henry Nowak murder will cause fear in minority communities, Sikh professor says

Professor Jagbir Jhutti-Johal criticised political leaders for framing the case as an example of two-tier policing

The Guardian - UK

Losing support to Restore, Farage seizes a golden opportunity to bring racists back into the fold

Mark Nowak had asked for his son’s murder not to be used to spread division. But Nige is just not the kind of guy to miss out

The Guardian - UK

A horrific murder – and a civil war threatening to tear apart the British right

After the conviction of Henry Nowak’s killer, the right is embracing racialised language. This tragedy is now just part of a political tussle, says Joe Mulhall of Hope Not Hate

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