What happens to Labour if Andy Burnham doesn’t win the Makerfield by-election?

The Mayor of Greater Manchester previously served as an MP from 2001 until 2017 (Picture: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock)

Today I’m going to take you on a dark voyage into the deepest, coldest backwaters of Labour MPs’ minds and attempt to answer a question that many of them may not even dare to contemplate…

What if Andy Burnham loses?

Perhaps the picture will become clearer as we get closer to the Makerfield by-election day, but for now there’s still no guarantee how things will pan out.

Much of the commentary so far has not only...