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Labour Blocking Of Andy Burnham Would Be A 'Big mistake' For Starmer
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14:46Now Playing"I think it would be very foolish to stop a natural process of electoral succession."
It would be "foolish" for Labour to block the candidature of someone who is "actually quite popular", says former NEC member and former editor of Tribune socialist magazine, Mark Seddon.
Mark Seddon was speaking to Ed Vaizey on Times Radio. You can listen every Friday from 10am-1pm.
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