Supporters of Andy Burnham have urged Angela Rayner to play Gordon Brown to his Tony Blair by doing a deal to seize power.
The Greater Manchester mayor is said to have offered the former deputy prime minister ‘any Cabinet job she wants’ and a vow to ‘stand aside’ so she can follow him in to No10 – if she supports his leadership bid.
The move would echo the Granita Pact, sealed by Blair and Brown at the restaurant of the same name in 1994 before they took power in Labour.
They are said to have discussed the idea in secret talks at Ms
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