‘Shock to the Westminster system’: who is Josh Simons who quit for Burnham?

Makerfield MP is an ambitious Labour figure who only won the seat two years ago UK politics live – latest updates “He’s burned bright and briefly,” says one MP of Josh Simons. At the age of 32, the Makerfield MP has already run a thinktank, held a ministerial job, resigned in a scandal , and now quit parliament to in a blaze of publicity to make way for Andy Burnham. Simons has been supporting Burnham as a potential successor to Keir Starmer for some time. But few expected the ambitious Labour figure to give up his seat having only won it two years ago and moving his young family to the constituency. Continue reading...

Original source: Guardian