Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Andy Burnham needed a big win. The Makerfield result means Labour might have reason to hope

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par Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University

The possible nominative determinism of the Makerfield constituency may prove as significant to political historians as it has been a blessing to newspaper sub-editors crafting puns on “Makerfield or Breakerfield”.

The immediate futures of Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer were decided in the historic happening of the first UK byelection to effectively elect a prime minister. It was a battle of our times.

Burnham’s success will make a new administration as it breaks the present one. Prime Minister Starmer’s…

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