Nigel Farage could be the next prime minister – but Labour could beat him by connecting with voters more, Greater Manchester’s Labour mayor has told Sky News.
Andy Burnham, talking to Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, said the Reform UK leader winning the next election “is in the realms of possibility”.
“But we’ve got to make sure that it doesn’t become a reality,” he said.
“I don’t ever demonstrate complacency as a politician, I will always say it like it is.
“He’s connected with people, maybe not everybody, but he’s connected.”
Asked if he thinks Labour are not connecting with voters at the moment, he said he does not think his party is speaking enough about “working class ambition”.
