"“No I don't. If I did I wouldn't be in his cabinet.” “I think that we were elected to bring an end to the chaos,” she said. Pressed over whether she thought Sir Keir should run in any leadership contest, the culture secretary said: “He said himself that he will.” She added: “It's a very personal decision for him.”"
"“He said himself that he will.” She added: “It's a very personal decision for him. I haven't spoken to him this weekend but I've spoken to him several times over the last week and obviously he's shown before that he's up for a fight.” She pointed to Sir Keir's landslide general election victory in 2024, after sceptics said he would not be able to return Labour to power in just one term."
"“I wouldn't write off the prime minister” “shown before that he's up for a fight” However, Nandy also voiced her support for Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to be “back in Parliament at the heart of power”."
Lisa Nandy said any potential Labour leadership contest is a personal decision for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. She said he has shown he is willing to fight and pointed to his 2024 landslide general election victory. Nandy rejected calls for Sir Keir to be replaced, saying she would not be in his cabinet if she believed that. She supported Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham returning to Parliament and backing him as he seeks to stand in the Makerfield by-election. She linked Labour’s recent poor election results to voters wanting a stronger, louder, more visible fight from the party.
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