Keir Starmer has blocked Andy Burnham from running for parliament, with the party’s National Executive Committee voting 8-1 against his candidacy for Gorton and Denton. The Prime Minister himself voted against Burnham, while his deputy Lucy Powell was the only member of the committee to vote in favour. 

There is an obvious argument for blocking someone who is such an explicit threat to Starmer’s leadership. Given the Prime........

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