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UK: 'Andy Burnham is by far and away the favourite of all Labour Party members across all stripes'

As the UK's Labour Party enters a potentially existential leadership crisis, Catherine Viette is pleased to welcome Matthew Torbitt, political commentator and former Labour Party advisor. Torbitt argues that Starmer can probably survive in the short term because Labour’s internal

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UK: 'Andy Burnham is by far and away the favourite of all Labour Party members across all stripes'As the UK's Labour Party enters a potentially existential leadership crisis, Catherine Viette is pleased to welcome Matthew Torbitt, political commentator and former Labour Party advisor. Torbitt argues that Starmer can probably survive in the short term because Labour’s internal
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