Andy Burnham begins high-stakes campaign in Reform battleground
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Andy Burnham took a gamble with the constituents of Makerfield when he told them that a vote for him would be a "vote to change Labour". The Greater Manchester mayor promised to give voters “the party back they used to know”. His launch came a day after the Green Party candidate withdrew from the race, and it later emerged that he had shared social media posts which described an attack on ambulances run by a Jewish charity as a "false flag". Reform have also faced questions about their candidates' alleged sexist and homophobic social media activity. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/
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