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Aha, step one in the Burnham Ascendancy:
A sitting MP offers to stand-down to allow Andy Burnham to contest the (safe) seat & get into Parliament.... [tick]
(Clive Lewis in the MP in question who has offered to give up his seat).
Leading to step two: Newly elected MP challenges Keir Starmer for leadership of the Party.... well, first step one needs to be completed of course!
h/t FT
@ChrisMayLA6
I'd rather Clive Lewis ran for party leader himself.
@ChrisMayLA6 I think this scenario is v unlikely.
1/ local projections of national polls make #NorwichSouth a neck-and-neck Labour/Green marginal. V risky for any Lab candidate.
2/ #AndyBurnham would be rejected by NEC as Lab candidate unless he swore loyalty to #Starmer, but that would sink Burnham.
3/ voters hate being taken for granted, and a stitchup like thus would face some local fury.
So I think this is a non-starter in that seat. But #CliveLewis is smart. What is he playing at?
Someone suggested here that he's on his way to the Greens....
@ChrisMayLA6 That's what I thought before this offer, and what my green friends hoped. But this stunt would not help his credibility for any switch.
@ChrisMayLA6 Had been missing @labourlewis here on Mastodon... don't want him to stand down... on the other hand he might feel more at home with @thegreenparty
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