What Makerfield makes of Burnham
From our UK edition
It’s the day after Josh Simons stepped down as MP and every journalist and their mum is in Makerfield, where Andy Burnham will likely soon be standing in a by-election. In the constituency’s busiest town, Ashton-in-Makerfield, TV cameras line the roadsides. Hacks walk the morning streets with notebooks sticking out their back pockets. A reporter from the Liverpool Echo walks by, telling a camera something about how, ultimately, the majority of people in Makerfield appear to be backing Burnham. But that’s not what I’ve been hearing. And while he’s not yet technically in the running, one thing for certain is that everyone in Ashton-in-Makerfield has seen Burnham out jogging. It’s possible that the Mayor’s running route alone will land him a seat at the head of the country.
