Makerfield on Betfair now:
Labour 1.75
Reform 2.38
I think Burnham will win. It looks to me like there is a plot to make him Prime Minister. Losing a by-election isn’t in the script.
Why haven’t Streeting and Rayner launched challenges straightaway? Why would they wait for their main rival?
Perhaps he has already promised Rayner the Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister posts, and Streeting as Chancellor?