{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Politics.co.uk","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk","author_name":"Josh Self","author_url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/author\/joshself\/","title":"Andy Burnham wields the knife, and wins the crown - Politics.co.uk","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5h7XbPfl1H\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news-feature\/2026\/06\/22\/andy-burnham-wields-the-knife-and-wins-the-crown\/\">Andy Burnham wields the knife, and wins the crown<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news-feature\/2026\/06\/22\/andy-burnham-wields-the-knife-and-wins-the-crown\/embed\/#?secret=5h7XbPfl1H\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Andy Burnham wields the knife, and wins the crown&#8221; &#8212; Politics.co.uk\" data-secret=\"5h7XbPfl1H\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3CPYYA8.jpg","thumbnail_width":1455,"thumbnail_height":971,"description":"Andy Burnham\u2019s sensational victory in the Makerfield by-election rendered untenable the continuation of Keir Starmer\u2019s premiership. The prime minister, to his credit, left his Downing Street bunker on Monday morning and bowed to the inevitable.\u00a0 Starmer\u2019s strained insistence that he would, in the words of another outgoing prime minister, \u201cfight on\u201d and \u201cfight to win\u201d... Read more &raquo;"}