Manchester mayor takes aim at House of Commons briefing culture and says he will continue to call out liars
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Westminster insiders “do not get a licence to lie”, said Andy Burnham on Thursday, in an angry swipe at the political briefing culture in the House of Commons.
After a week of political antagonism over the Labour party’s national executive committee’s decision to block Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection next month, the Manchester mayor said he would call out liars in Westminster in the aftermath of the dispute.
During a phone-in with BBC Radio Manchester, Burnham said since his time in government he had witnessed people who “just think they can say what they like” to the media. “They do it to denigrate the character, impugn the integrity of elected politicians,” he said.
