I think Burnham might have lost to her anyway as the Greens ran a brilliant campaign with a very good candidate. I think he missed a bullet there.
I am inclined to agree. The margin would likely have been smaller, perhaps with Reform pushed to third, but you need to swap 2,800 votes from Green to Labour to even it up. He’d have a had a chance I think but far from a given.
Despite my posts of last couple of years i havent decided who i’ll be voting for in coming years.
The Tories are resurgent, deposit may have been lost in a seat where they never had a chance but they did see off Sir Oink a Lot by more than 500 votes so they’re definitely on the up.