‘We’d win!’ Labour has ‘no fear’ over an election with Andy Burnham as Prime Minister, Karl Turner declares

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‘We'd win!' Labour has ‘no fear' over an election with Andy Burnham as Prime Minister, Karl Turner declares.

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Suspended Labour MP Karl Turner has declared the party would have "no fear" of a General Election with Andy Burnham as Prime Minister.Speaking to GB News, the Independent MP, who was sanctioned for opposing scrapping jury trials, said that the widely expected successor of Keir Starmer would rescue the party from "extinction" under the outgoing leader.

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Since Sir Keir announced his resignation, there has been clamouring among some quarters that the next Prime Minister refresh the party's mandate by consulting the public with a new vote.

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"It is true, by the way, to say that politicians tend to call for a general election when in opposition, when party leaders change," Mr Turner began.

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"But that was about the legitimacy, in my view, of the government at the time."The Kingston upon Hull MP argued that the party's large Commons majority gave Mr Burnham room to govern.However, Mr Turner conceded that the...

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