And Mark Oaten, the winner, nearly a decade later made the 46th greatest political scandal! https://web.archive.org/web/20120204014609/http://www.spectator.co.uk/essays/all/3756033/top-50-political-s… (View Post)

Its council area, Wigan, was 63% Leave. So it is a good test for Burnham, if he wins it reasonably comfortably then he may well be the Messiah and Farage slayer Labour are seeking (View Post)

Yes, if we get 7 we overtake the number of French PMs so far this decade too (View Post)

If Burnham can't even beat Reform in Makerfield he isn't going to lead Labour to general election victory anyway (View Post)

While Rayner would win back a few from the Greens and a few from Reform in the red wall she would totally turn off middle class swing voters. So the biggest winners from a Rayner Labour leadership wo… (View Post)