Andy Burnham is now Britain — and Europe's — last defence from Nigel Farage
There’s an awful lot riding on a man called Andy Burnham and the outcome of the by-election in Makerfield in the north of England
British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, left, could face a leadership challenge from Andy Burnham depending on the outcome of the Makerfield by-election on Thursday. File picture: PA
Fergus Finlay is a former political activist and adviser to three governments, the former head of the children's charity Barnardos, a writer and a broadcaster.
Something historic is going to happen in the UK in the next couple of days. Or else the United Kingdom, the mother of all democracies, is going to look like a bad episode of the Keystone Cops.
If they get it wrong, British politics is going to be utterly farcical for months, and its reputation, at home and abroad, will be in tatters.
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