00:00Andy Burnham has just won a decisive victory in the maker field by election,
00:04giving him that seat in Parliament which he needs to formally challenge Keir Starmer to be Britain's
00:09next Prime Minister. Everyone knows that politics isn't working. Everyone can feel that the country
00:18isn't where it should be. Tonight could, just could, be the turning point. It was a decisive win,
00:26easily beating Nigel Farage's reform UK. A victory that will give many Labour MPs the sense that this
00:32could be the man to revive the electoral fortunes. What happens next? Well Andy Burnham will go to
00:37Parliament next week to be sworn in and that's the moment from which he can try to trigger a
00:41leadership contest. You need to get the support of 81 Labour MPs. However he might also try to
00:47directly encourage Starmer to stand down himself and effectively give Burnham a coronation. We could
00:52see cabinet resignations in the coming days if Keir Starmer does decide to fight on. A historic moment
00:58in British politics.
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