{"id":3449,"date":"2026-07-09T20:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:05:05","slug":"nominations-open-in-the-contest-to-be-uk-leader-with-andy-burnham-likely-the-only-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3449","title":{"rendered":"Nominations open in the contest to be UK leader, with Andy Burnham likely the only candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>LONDON<\/strong> | Nominations opened Thursday in a Labour Party election to replace Keir Starmer as Britain\u2019s prime minister, a contest in which there is expected to be just one candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham will be collecting signatures from Labour lawmakers, and needs at least 80 to run \u2013 a target he\u2019s likely to well exceed.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers trudged up a narrow staircase to a Labour office in Parliament throughout the day to sign nomination papers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all starting to feel very real,\u201d Burnham said in a social media video confirming that he had nominated himself.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Nominations remain open until July 16. Burnham is highly likely to be announced as the new Labour leader the following day, and to become prime minister after a meeting with King Charles III on July 20.<\/p>\n<p>Other potential contenders have all ruled themselves out. Former Defense Minister Al Carns, who had been pondering a run, confirmed late Wednesday that he will not challenge Burnham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d hoped a leadership contest would give us the opportunity for a proper debate,\u201d Carns said in a statement. \u201cBut months of internal Labour politics isn\u2019t what the country needs right now. We\u2019ve got to get on with the job. Andy Burnham\u2019s earned this and he\u2019s got my full backing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Starmer announced last month that he would resign as soon as his center-left party chose a successor. He was elected in a landslide in July 2024, but quit after two years in office marred by missteps and judgment errors that eroded his standing with his party and the public.<\/p>\n<p>Burnham spent almost a decade running Manchester in northwest England before returning to Parliament by winning a special election last month. He\u2019s promising sweeping change, vowing to reverse almost two decades of low growth since the 2008 financial crisis through an approach dubbed \u201cManchesterism\u201d \u2014 harnessing private and public money to invest in areas like transport, housing and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>But he will face many of the same political and economic challenges as Starmer, including a sluggish economy, tattered public services and a cost-of-living squeeze.<\/p>\n<p>He also promised continuity in foreign policy, writing in The Times of London that the government\u2019s \u201ccommitment to NATO and the U.K.\u2019s nuclear deterrent will remain absolute.\u201d He said Britain will remain a firm ally of the United States and a strong supporter of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3443\">Ukrainian drones batter Russian oil facilities and set more oil tankers ablaze<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3445\">Ebola death toll in Congo reaches 600, as new cases suspected in previously unaffected provinces<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3447\">Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing said \u2018he wishes he hadn\u2019t done it,\u2019 roommate says in police video<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON | Nominations opened Thursday in a Labour Party election to replace Keir Starmer as Britain\u2019s prime minister, a contest in which there is expected to be just one candidate. 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