Lee Anderson delivers hammer blow to 'smug' Andy Burnham amid by-election bid: 'We're not scared of you!'

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Richard Tice has expressed his "delight" at Andy Burnham confirming his bid to stand in the Makerfield by-election, declaring the move a "win-win" for Reform UK.Speaking to GB News, the Deputy Leader of Reform UK said the party will throw "everything" at the election to secure a victory.Delivering his verdict on Mr Burnham's decision to run in the by-election, Mr Tice told GB News: "We're delighted that Andy Burnham has chosen Makerfield."At the general election, we got almost 13,000 votes.

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The majority of Josh Simons was only 6,000, and frankly, we're going to throw everything at this." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Mr Tice predicted that the election will be a "very exciting race" between Mr Burnham and Reform.He said: "And let's just remember, Wigan is a long way from Manchester and a local Wigan candidate as opposed to someone being parachuted in from Manchester, I have to tell you that this is going to be a very exciting race."And our ambition is to ensure that Andy Burnham is...

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Lee Anderson has launched a scathing attack on "smug" Andy Burnham after confirming his bid to run in the Makerfield by-election.Speaking to GB News, the Reform UK MP hit out at the Mayor of Greater Manchester's move and declared "we're not scared of you".Mr Burnham confirmed his by-election bid after ex-minister Josh Simons cleared a path for him to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership.Delivering his blunt verdict on Mr Burnham's bid, Mr Anderson told GB News Labour appears to have "given up" on the Red Wall.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Mr Anderson said: "We saw last week how much ground Reform made up in these red wall areas."On the back of the letter that Wes sent in today to the Prime Minister, calling Reform voters far-right English nationalists, having a real pop at our voters in these red wall areas, it seems that the Labour Party have given up on the red wall.

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