Sadiq Khan rules out 'doing a Burnham' and reveals 'intention' to remain London mayor until 2032

Evening Standard

Sir Sadiq Khan says he intends to stand again as London mayor – rejecting suggestion that he will “do a Burnham” and seek to return to Parliament to challenger for the Labour leadership.Sir Sadiq, asked about the challenge that Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, appears to be mounting against Sir Keir Starmer, gave his clearest indication to date of his wish to remain as London mayor.

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00:00I got the best job in politics. There's no reason I'd give this job for another job in politics,

00:04and I love what I'm doing.

00:06That's a different position from the Mayor of Manchester, isn't it?

00:10Well, listen, I mean, he's a dear friend of mine, so, you know, Andy said what he said.

00:16I just, I've not spoken to Andy recently, so I can't really comment.

00:18Of course you can.

00:21Do you approve or not approve of Andy Burnham making it public that MPs are, according to him,

00:26wanting him to mount some sort of leadership challenge to Keir Starmer?

00:30I think Andy's raising legitimate concerns he has, and, you know, he's entitled to do so.

00:36Well, he's doing a lot more than that. He's manoeuvring.

00:40Well, listen, that's your characterisation of what Andy Burnham's doing.

00:43What's yours then, when he says MPs have asked me to run against Keir Starmer,

00:46and I'm effectively saying I'm thinking about it.

00:48Well, I think we've got 400 MPs, so it's, you know, won't be a surprise to anybody

00:52that there may be a small minority not happy with the leadership.

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