I believe that a nomination for labour leader requires 81 proposers from the PLP. Is he that popular? He's already stood and failed in two leader elections.

If he gets 81 MPs to support him, there will be an election and the present incumbent will automatically be on the paper without having to be nominated. 

Andy Burnham isn't an MP yet so he might never be leader, it's not a foregone conclusion.

Yes I saw that .
She was very aggressive with him 
Zia Yusuf is no push over however .
He spoke well .

If I lived in Makerfield I'd be praying for my sink to leak        He's an ideal candidate, local family man and knows his stuff when it comes to local issues.  I just think he's not experienced enough to sit on that biased panel, but he'll get better if he wins ! .

Did anyone watch Laura Kuenssberg this morning?
The contrast between her interviews with David Lammy and Zia Yusuf could hardly have been more obvious and sickening.
Lammy was treated with kid gloves. Soft questions, plenty of room to explain himself, and very little challenge. At times it felt less like a political interview and more like an employee interviewing the boss. In my opinion, that's exactly what she was doing. Interviewing her boss albeit a totally brainless boss.
Then came Zia Yusuf. The tone changed completely. Aggressive interruptions, repeated attempts to pin blame on Nigel Farage for the unrest in Southampton, and a clear determination to reinforce the government's preferred narrative.
To his credit, Yusuf pushed back very strongly. He argued that public anger following the murder of Henry Nowak was not caused by Reform UK, but by years of policies that have led many people to believe police authorities are more concerned with protecting ethnic sensitivities than treating everyone equally under the law. Unfortunately for Laura, despite her expensive multi university education, she is absolutely no intellectual match for Zia. He very fairly and squarely put her back in her institutionalised box.
Whether you agree with Reform or not, BBC political interviews should be conducted with the same standard for everyone. What viewers saw this morning was not impartial scrutiny, but two very different approaches depending on who was sitting in the chair. It was blatantly obvious.
The BBC constantly tells us it is impartial. Interviews like these are exactly why so many people no longer believe it. What the BBC don't quite get yet is that the people are sick and tired of being taken for fools. Along with all their endless, @perverted scandals, millions are no longer paying the license and their days are surely numbered.
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For one thing it really showed up the greens  but Robert Kenyon is a reall working man whose family have always been staunch Labour suporters for generations .
But no more .

Great photo !

    

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