{"id":355201,"date":"2026-06-24T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-armed-forces-minister-quizzed-on-leadership-bid-and-andy-burnham\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:00:06","slug":"former-armed-forces-minister-quizzed-on-leadership-bid-and-andy-burnham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-armed-forces-minister-quizzed-on-leadership-bid-and-andy-burnham\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Armed Forces minister quizzed on leadership bid and Andy Burnham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/-kLy9hDeVjs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Former Armed Forces minister quizzed on leadership bid and Andy Burnham\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-kLy9hDeVjs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Former Armed Forces minister Al Carns has refused to rule out a leadership bid in an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Carns resigned from his ministerial role earlier this month over defence spending and had been rumoured to be considering running against Andy Burnham in any contest.<\/p>\n<p>The Labour MP for Birmingham Selly Oak praised Burnham during the interview for his Makerfield byelection victory but said he now wanted to see &quot;solid, productive, courageous and bold&quot; policies put forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Armed Forces minister Al Carns has refused to rule out a leadership bid in an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News. 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