Brian Leishman backs Andy Burnham as the political alternative and calls for a challenge against Keir Starmer.
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Updated Oct 10
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What happened
Brian Leishman backs Andy Burnham as the political alternative and calls for a challenge against Keir Starmer.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.Leishman introduces nuclear expansion and Russian threat warnings into his political challenge against Burnham.1 source
Leishman endorses Burnham and calls for a political challenge against Starmer.1 source
Burnham is now facing a potential leadership contest against Keir Starmer.1 source
Burnham explicitly seeks to replace Starmer as Prime Minister.1 source
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The entities involved
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Brian Leishman
British politician, from 2024, Member of Parliament for Alloa and Grangemouth
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Andy Burnham
British politician (born 1970)
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Keir Starmer
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024
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Coverage
Newest first; wire copies grouped- londonlovesbusiness.com
- thenational.scot
- independent.co.uk
- manchestereveningnews.co.uk
- dailyrecord.co.uk
- leftfootforward.org