Speculation of a Labour leadership contest has gathered pace after Andy Burnham stopped short of saying he won’t stand against Keir Starmer. The mayor of Greater Manchester told “BBC Breakfast” last week that he hadn’t “launched any leadership challenge”, but he couldn’t “rule out what might or might not happen in future”.

No Labour prime minister has been “ousted by his party” or even “faced a formal leadership challenge from MPs” while in office, said The Guardian . But dire approval ratings have raised questions about Starmer – and his “potential successors”.

Andy Burnham

The mayor of Greater Manchester is the media favourite for a tilt at the leadership – he’s been at the epicentre of speculation about a move against Starmer since Labour’s autumn conference.

But there would b

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