Delusional Starmer doubles down as Burnham backpedals on Brexit | The Daily T

Despite the Makerfield by-election not even having been officially set, and despite the fact Andy Burnham is not yet officially standing, the campaign has begun and Labour figures are kicking lumps out of each other already. In a soft launch of his own leadership campaign,Wes Streeting, the former health secretary, announced he wanted Britain to rejoin the EU. In doing so, he has forced Mr Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, to admit that he’d quite like that too – albeit, not immediately. Sir Keir Starmer, meanwhile, is pretending nothing is happening. Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley speak to Matt Goodwin, Reform’s candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election, who says this is an absolute gift for his party. He says that Labour  is “self-indulgent and self-absorbed” with “no serious interest in its heartlands” and is heading for electoral disaster in Makerfield. ► Subscribe to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subscription/store/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_dailytpodcast ► Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_dailytpodcast ► Sign up to The Telegraph's free new daily newsletter, From the Editor, bringing you the latest news, features and analysis from the Telegraph newsroom: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/secure/newsletter/from-the-editor/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_dailytpodcast #AndyBurnham, #WesStreeting, #KeirStarmer, #CamillaTominey, #TimStanley, #MattGoodwin, #Labour, #ReformUK, #Makerfield, #GortonAndDenton, #ByElection, #UKPolitics, #Brexit, #RejoinEU, #GreaterManchester, #LabourLeadership, #PoliticalNews, #Election2026, #BritishPolitics, #RedWall