Andy Burnham: I wasn’t told I would be blocked by NEC

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Andy Burnham says it is “simply untrue” that he was told that he would be blocked from standing in the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) decided to block the Manchester Mayor from standing as a candidate, citing an unnecessary strain on resources in having to fight both this by-election and one for the Manchester mayoralty. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00It is simply untrue to say that I was told that I would be blocked, so I can't say any more than that.

00:07I went through the whole weekend having conversations with people in number 10,

00:12people in senior positions of the party, to discuss the pros and cons, and that's all I can say.

00:16It's simply untrue to say that there was a message given that I would definitely be blocked,

00:22because after all, the NEC is meant to be an independent body,

00:26so how could somebody say that it's definitely going to be blocked if they are an independent body?

00:30So it doesn't stack up what they are saying, and it is simply untrue, as I said.

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