Starmer Can’t Afford To Block Burnham | Megan Kenyon

“If Keir Starmer were to block Andy Burnham again..it would be quite politically perilous for him.” If Keir Starmer blocks Andy Burnham from standing for parliament for a second time, a further “cascade” of calls for him to resign would arise, says The New Statesman's political correspondent, Megan Kenyon. Megan Kenyon was speaking to Ed Vaizey on Times Radio. Listen live every Friday from 10am-1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/