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7 times Andy Burnham flirted with Nigel Farage’s voters – POLITICO

by · POLITICO

LONDON — Andy Burnham has promised not to try and “out-Reform Reform” — but that hasn’t stopped him making clear overtures to Nigel Farage’s voters.

The U.K.’s newly-installed prime minister faces an almighty challenge to bring Brits who drifted to Reform UK during Keir Starmer’s premiership back to the Labour fold. POLITICO’s Poll of Polls has the right-wing populist party a full five points clear of Labour at the time of writing.

POLITICO rounded up seven times Burnham has tried convincing voters who’ve drifted to the right that Labour deserves a second chance.