Burnham’s ‘Big Mandate’ Means He ‘Doesn’t Need’ A Leadership Contest | Lord McConnell

“He got a big mandate last night, it’s quite clear what his intentions were.” Andy Burnham achievement of increasing the Labour majority in Makerfield shows that no leadership contest is necessary, says Lord McConnell, Jack McConnell, former Labour first minister of Scotland. Lord McConnell and Baroness Morgan were speaking to Calum Macdonald and Rosie Wright on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Friday-Sunday from 6am-10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Find us on Facebook:   / timesandsundaytimes   Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram:   / thetimes