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Days Ahead to Show If Burnham Plays Politics Better Than Starmer

Standing across from Keir Starmer in the Commons chamber this week, opposition leader Kemi Badenoch drew on a particularly violent metaphor for how the Labour Party had ditched him when she conjured up an image of “400 knives stuck in the prime minister’s back.”

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Left / center-leftThe picture that shows trouble ahead for Burnham as PM

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BloombergNews report · Jun 27, 5:02 AM

Days Ahead to Show If Burnham Plays Politics Better Than Starmer

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Standing across from Keir Starmer in the Commons chamber this week, opposition leader Kemi Badenoch drew on a particularly violent metaphor for how the Labour Party had ditched him when she...

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iNews (UK)News report · Jun 27, 5:00 AM

The picture that shows trouble ahead for Burnham as PM

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He entered Parliament in triumph. But he will face the same problems – from difficult MPs to a stuttering economy – that plagued Keir Starmer

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