Building Up A Lead

It is starting to look as if Andy Burnham might make it after all. Meanwhile, as expected, Ian Lavery has joined the pro-life Catholic Ronnie Campbell in nominating John McDonnell, so that John has now been nominated by both Labour MPs, half the total number of MPs, from the second most rural county in England. John also remains the cast iron Eurosceptic candidate. No wonder that he dislikes Margaret "Single European Act" Thatcher so much.