On the ground in the byelection that could end Starmer

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  This is The Guardian.

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  Today, on the ground in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

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  The by-election is usually only called when something bad has happened.

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  An MP dies.

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  They get sent to prison.

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  Or, in the case of Andrew Gwynn,

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  the former Labour MP for Gorton and Denton in Greater Manchester,

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  they get embroiled in an embarrassing WhatsApp scandal.

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  Gwynn was suspended by Labour and then retired due to ill health.

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  So tomorrow, his old constituents will go to the polls to elect a new MP.

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  The by-election was called at a terrible time for Kirsten Armour.

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  with reform riding high in the polls and his approval ratings at an all-time low.

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  And then just when it couldn't get any worse.

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  Now breaking news here in the world of politics in the UK.

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  Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says that he has applied to stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

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  His northern nemesis said he would like to be Gorton and Denton's MP.

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  Stammer was having none of it.

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  He blocked Burnham's candidacy,

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  saying it would cost too much money and energy to hold elections for the greater Manchester Merylty,

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  were Burnham to win the by-election.

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