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ANDY Burnham is set to be installed as Prime Minister in just three weeks – despite having the feeblest mandate in British political history. The self-styled ‘King of the North’ is on course for a ‘coronation’ next month after Keir Starmer dramati- cally resigned less than two years after his landslide election win. But Daily Mail readers last night led the call for an early election, with 89 per cent of 60,000 online votes telling Mr Burnham to go to the ballot box. Wes Streeting ended speculation about a serious contest for the Labour crown by rowing in behind his rival.

Mr Burnham was given a hero’s welcome by Labour MPs in the Commons yester- day, but in a well-timed heckle, a Tory MP warned them: ‘He’s not the Messiah!’ Last night, the former Greater Man- chester mayor was scrambling to draw up By Jason Groves Political Editor Turn to Page 2 £3 SHOP BETEngland v Ghana with Paddy Power BURNHAM’S LEFT-WING COUP FREE *18+.

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Opposition leaders questioned the right to govern of a man who was backed by just 25,000 voters in the Makerfield electorate barely 0.05 per cent, or one- 2,000th, of the electorate. Nigel Farage called for an imme- diate general election, saying it was ‘ridiculous to pretend that Andy Burnham has any kind of meaningful mandate to lead the country’. He added: ‘If Labour thinks it can shove another pro- fessional politician into No 10, it has another think coming.’ Kemi Badenoch said Labour was ‘living in La La Land’ if the party thought a change of leader would save it.

She said Sir Keir had failed the country over national security and there should be an election ‘if Andy Burnham is not able to set out how he’s going to keep our country safe’.

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