{"id":343694,"date":"2026-05-14T21:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-king-of-the-north-andy-burnham-profiling-the-pms-possible-challenger\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T21:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:00:38","slug":"who-is-king-of-the-north-andy-burnham-profiling-the-pms-possible-challenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/who-is-king-of-the-north-andy-burnham-profiling-the-pms-possible-challenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is &#8216;king of the north&#8217; Andy Burnham? Profiling the PM&#8217;s possible challenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/IitFYJenTSw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Who is 'king of the north' Andy Burnham? Profiling the PM's possible challenger\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IitFYJenTSw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is thought to be more popular than most other potential Labour leadership contenders. But without a seat in Parliament, he has a complicated road ahead if he were to challenge. <\/p>\n<p>From Westminster to Manchester and back again? Rob Powell looks at the career of the so-called &quot;king of the north&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Read the latest: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/starmer-latest-burnham-streeting-rayner-leadership-quit-cabinet-resign-kings-speech-local-elections-12593360<\/p>\n<p>#skynews #uknews #politics #labourparty #keirstarmer #andyburnham <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is thought to be more popular than most other potential Labour leadership contenders. But without a seat in Parliament, he has a complicated road ahead if he were to challenge. From Westminster to Manchester and back again? Rob Powell looks at the career of the so-called &quot;king of the north&quot;. Read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":343695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[130997,129200,130087],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-343694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-andy","tag-manchester","tag-mayor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who is &#039;king of the north&#039; Andy Burnham? 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