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Norwich South MP Clive Lewis said Labour needs its best players in Parliament and is willing to step down to let Andy Burnham challenge Sir Keir Starmer amid leadership concerns.
- On Wednesday, Norwich South MP Clive Lewis said he would be willing to vacate his seat to allow Andy Burnham to return to the Commons and challenge Sir Keir Starmer.
- Lewis told the BBC's Politics Live that Sir Keir Starmer's position is `not tenable` and said, `If I’m going to sit here and say country before party, party before personal ambition, then yes, I have to say yes, don’t I?`
- Labour rules state Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, must be an MP and secure backing from 80 Labour MPs, requiring local Labour members to select a candidate and a by-election to return to the House of Commons.
- Health Secretary Wes Streeting responded that Lewis's offer was 'peculiar' and cautioned MPs not to take voters for granted, while two Manchester MPs ruled out standing down and Lewis later told The Sun he had 'no plans to stand down'.
- More recently, speculation has intensified about Sir Keir Starmer after briefings and polls, while Andy Burnham says MPs urged him to run but he remains focused on Greater Manchester and not planning an immediate Commons return.
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The Labour left’s musical chairs
Cast your mind back to just over a decade ago. Clive Lewis was a newly elected Labour backbencher and part of Jeremy Corbyn’s small band of parliamentary supporters; Andy Burnham was launching his second leadership campaign by pitching himself to Ed Miliband’s right. Any suggestion then that the pair could do a political deal might have prompted someone to ask how you were feeling. But that’s the scenario being discussed after Lewis yesterday de…
Burnham dodges questions on Westminster return
Well, well, well. Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is back in the spotlight. Earlier this week, Norwich South MP Clive Lewis offered up his seat to allow Burnham to make a leadership challenge. Left-winger Lewis announced on the Beeb’s Politics Live that he would be happy to let Burnham take his seat to allow the
MP offers seat to Burnham for Starmer challenge
Labour MP Clive Lewis has offered to give up his seat to allow Andy Burnham to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership.There has been ongoing speculation that Greater Manchester Mayor Burnham wants to take on Sir Keir for the top job, but he would need to be an MP to do so.Lewis told the BBC’s Politics Live that he was willing to step down from his Norwich South seat to allow Burnham to return to the Commons and put “country before …
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