Andy Burnham today distanced himself from a much-mocked suggestion he will be Labour‘s ‘first female prime minister’ if he enters Downing Street.
The former Greater Manchester mayor, who is almost certain to replace Keir Starmer as Labour premier, insisted he was not behind the astonishing claim.
‘I want to put on record that I never have and never will describe myself as the first female Labour PM!,’ Mr Burnham told a meeting of female Labour MPs.
It followed a furious backlash over a senior Labour figure attempting to portray Mr Burnham as ‘a female PM in all but sex’.
They had claimed Mr Burnham
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