‘I want Andy Burnham’ - Jarrow MP backs former Manchester Mayor to be Prime Minister
The Jarrow and Gateshead East MP has backed Andy Burnham to be the country’s next Prime Minister.
The Member of Parliament for Jarrow and Gateshead East has called for Andy Burnham to be the country’s next leader.
Kate Osborne’s support comes following the resignation of Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister outside of Downing Street on Monday morning (June 22).
Many top Labour politicians have backed Burnham to take over as the Party’s leader following his Makerfield by-election win last week.
Ms Osborne has echoed those calls and has stated that she is looking forward to welcoming him into the House of Commons later today.
The Jarrow MP said: “It is our job as a movement to bring people together, to show that unity is strength and to understand what drove people to vote for Labour.
“We cannot win people back simply by exposing Reform or telling people they are wrong to be angry.
“Because people are understandably angry, and frustrated.
“The question is where that anger is directed and how we can bring back hope.
“Hope springs eternal and Andy's election is an opportunity to drive change both in the Labour Party and in the Country.
“The conversations I had in Makerfield were familiar, a Northern town left behind and desperate for investment and change.
“Different place, different history, different community: but the same themes and a political choice.
“A choice about what kind of politics speaks to towns like theirs - and towns like ours.
“A choice between hate and hope.
“I want Andy Burnham to be the next leader of the Labour Party and I am looking forward to welcoming him into Parliament later on today.”