Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, who appeared on a special edition of Question Time on Thursday, gives a speech during The Great North Investment Summit in Leeds on May 18.Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Andy Burnham on Question Time: 5 takeaways from the UK leadership hopeful’s TV moment – POLITICO

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LONDON — Andy Burnham’s allies have been plugging his credentials as a straight-talking communicator. He had a chance to prove it Thursday.

The Greater Manchester mayor appeared on a special edition of Question Time — the BBC’s flagship political debate program — as he seeks to return to Westminster in the Makerfield by-election on June 18.

The so-called “king of the north” faces a tough fight against the populist Reform UK, whose candidate Robert Kenyon was also on the panel.