Estalla disputa en Partido Laborista británico tras bloqueo de alcalde popular de elecciones – Chicago Tribune

By PAN PYLAS

LONDON (AP) — A conflict erupts between Britain’s Labor Party governor and the ambitious Manchester schoolboy to return to Parliament in a special election in the city. Critics say Prime Minister Keir Starmer does not want to see a potential rival in the House of Commons.

Andy Burnham, who has been a member of the Manchester metropolitan area since 2017, on Saturday approached the Labor Party government committee to stand as the party’s candidate in the election for the Gorton and Denton constituency, which he hopes will take place in the February final.

If you complete a traditionally safe adventure for workers, they will tend to give up their cargo of alcalde, which will likely mean they will have to make another special choice here. Burnham’s term ends in May 2028.

The decision to block Burnham was taken by a group of 10 members of the Labor Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), the body dethroning the party’s electoral machine.

The Labor Party explained that the NEC had decided to refuse Burnham permission to run in order to avoid “an unnecessary election” in the Manchester alcalde, which would “have a substantial and disproportionate impact on the party’s campaign resources”.

Burnham did not respond to the decision.

Labor is also expected to be defeated in a series of elections in May, the British equivalent of midterm elections in the United States. If current opinion polls are any guide, it is hoped that Labor will have power in Wales for the first time since the creation of the legislature in 1999, which has several laws to regain power from Escocia and was lost in local elections in England.

Since becoming a Victoria candidate in the July 2024 general election, Labor has taken a beating on its popularity ratings, in part due to a series of policy errors, which have been directly punished by Starmer’s decisions.

Other parties, notably the anti-immigration Reform UK and the Greens, have been the main beneficiaries of apparent parents joining the Labor Party.

The califications in the Prime Minister’s investigations are particularly disastrous at this time and many inside the Piensan party which could generate a leadership challenge if the elections in May result in malas as predicted.

Burnham, who served among Labor governors during the 2000s under prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, has made no secret of his ambition to lead the party at some point in the future. Burnham, also known as the “King in the North” in reference to the fantasy television program “Game of Tronos”, played before the Labor leader twice and lost.

Even Burnham insisted he would be a team player during his solicitation at the weekend, many of Starmer’s aliases remain unconvinced as they have expressed various views that have asked the Prime Minister, particularly on economic policy. Last September, it was said that “start a debate” on the political direction and how to bring down the reform.

Labor lawmaker John Slinger said the “swift and clear decision” meant the party could “move past the romantic introspection and psychological drama of the last week” and “stand down” from the eventual candidate.

Others are horrified by the decision.

Former cabinet minister Louise Haigh reported it was “incredibly disappointing” and told the NEC she was “changing her rumbo and making the correct decision”.

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This story was translated into English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.