It’s been another bizarre week in Westminster, with Sir Keir Starmer going about business as if everything is completely normal.

Contest could give Andy Burnham — who has eyes on the Labour leadership — a route back into parliament to challenge Keir Starmer.

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Keir Starmer confirmed today he will go to Makerfield to campaign for leadership rival Andy Burnham in a by-election that could end up costing him his job.

Sir Keir Starmer confirmed that he would campaign alongside Andy Burnham in the crucial by-election

It’s been another bizarre week in Westminster, with Sir Keir Starmer going about business as if everything is completely normal.

Labour left-winger Andy Burnham wants to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister. First, he must convince the Makerfield voters and fend off Reform UK. | World News

It’s striking how very swiftly we’ve accepted an event so mightily strange as the Makerfield by-election. After a couple of days of marvelling at the spectacle – a politician…