Starmer's Team Blocks Burnham, Labour Power Struggle Intensifies

0:00On April 28, Kear Starmer's team is on high alert, reportedly ordered to block greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham from ever succeeding him as, Prime Minister, no matter the cost. Burnham's eyeing a return to Parliament to launch a leadership challenge, after Starmer's allies shut him out of a buy-election spot earlier this year. Starmer's hold looks shaky right now, hit by new twists in the Peter Mendelssohn scandal and grim predictions for labor in next month's local. Elections. Insiders say the Prime Minister's crew sees Burnham as the biggest internal threat, especially with talk of a possible party coup brewing. Burnham tried tweeting the deal by pitching a secret pact to Angela Reiner at her home, offering her any cabinet job and promising to step aside. Later, so she could take number 10. It echoed that old Grenita deal between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, but Reiner's camp shouted down flat, saying she can lead on her own. A veteran labor MP, Peter Dow from Boodle, dodged questions Monday about giving up his safe seat to pay Burnham's way back to Westminster.

1:02He's one of a few reportedly under pressure to step aside. Meanwhile, even Green Party leaders Zach Polansky's warming to the idea of working with Burnham or Reiner in a coalition, calling them way closer to. His views than Starmer, with tensions rising inside labor, this power play could reshape the party's future fast.