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Scotland Secretary, Douglas Alexander MP, says he understands that journalists "would have enjoyed the story" of Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham returning to Westminster, but argues that it was right for the NEC to block his standing in an upcoming parliamentary by-election. The Labour Minister said the government could instead "focus laser-like" on the next 100 days before the Scotland, Wales, and English local elections in May. Report by Ketchs. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Listen, I understand many journalists, perhaps including yourself, would have enjoyed the story,
00:05but the fact is, for the Labour Party, our challenge is to focus laser-like on the next 101 days.
00:10We are facing critical elections up against an opponent in reform
00:14who have a fundamentally different vision of this country than ours.
00:18That's the contest that we need to be focused on, not who's up, who's down, who's in, who's out at Westminster.
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