The Guardian
Dr Craig Reeves and Steve Williams say there is a strong case for the Green party and its voters to help to the Greater Manchester mayor defeat Reform UK – but Rosalind Brown-Grant is sceptical about his environmental credentials As Aletha Adu pointed out last week ( Wes Streeting faces narrow road to Labour members’ favour, 12 May ), a recent poll has Andy Burnham on more support among Labour members than Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner put together. More importantly, among the general public Burnham is not only the most popular Labour politician, by 11 points , but the most popular politician of any stripe in the country. The reality is that Burnham represents our best chance of preventing the catastrophe of a Reform UK government. He is relatable and has both political vision and get-your-hands-dirty pragmatism. He is the only Labour politician more popular among the general public than Nigel Farage – and by six points . Continue reading...
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