Labour infighting erupts as Burnham lashes out at Starmer’s workforce
Labour infighting right this moment erupted with Andy Burnham accusing Sir Keir Starmer‘s workforce of briefing in opposition to him.
The Mayor of Greater Manchester claimed younger aides of the Labour chief have been making an attempt to undermine his work with detrimental briefings.
Mr Burnham urged them to “leave me alone” and known as for help from Labour HQ.
In an explosive interview with Times Radio, the high-profile Labour politician mentioned: “All I know is whenever I go out there with something positive, the negative Westminster briefing machine somehow flicks into gear.
“All that I’d say is, ‘Leave me alone’.
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“I’ve been out there being supportive of the party and working for a majority Labour Government, as everyone is, but I’m doing my thing.
“I’m constructing a extremely highly effective constructive agenda for Greater Manchester.
“To have the kind of old ways of Westminster trying to cut across that with their negative briefing and their insecurity, I honestly don’t know what purpose they think it serves.
“But it’s what it’s. I’m out right this moment placing ahead a constructive coverage that I feel Labour voters, ex-Labour voters, Tory voters throughout the nation will most likely say, yeah, that is wanted.
“And it would be nice to have some support from a national level.”
Mr Burnham blamed “unelected people in their 20s or 30s” round Sir Keir “who think they know it all” as being accountable.
He mentioned: “It’s not Keir or the shadow cabinet or the party, but it’s those people, I know who they are and you know who they are, the kind of people who, you know, the unelected people in their 20s or 30s who think they know it all and they’re the kind of bee’s knees etc.
“And they go round type of briefing in opposition to elected politicians.
“I’ve never done that sort of personality politics. Some people come into it for that don’t they.
“I feel it is one of many unattractive sides of Westminster politics, I feel they should type of depart a little bit of that apart and get on with type of conveying constructive messages to the general public and constructing a way of workforce really.”
“These nameless briefers have to type of return to 97 and be taught from that, and be sure that as we type of construct from right here we have all sides of the occasion concerned, revered and pulling collectively for a Labour majority Government.”
Mr Burnham is eyeing up a 3rd time period as Mayor of Greater Manchester however has not dominated out one other bid for the Labour management after a failed tilt for the job in 2015.
A spokesperson for Sir Keir declined to remark.