Nigel Farage demands immediate General Election after Andy Burnham carries out 'disturbing coup' to take No10

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Nigel Farage demands immediate General Election after Andy Burnham carries out 'disturbing coup' to take No10.

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Nigel Farage has demanded an immediate General Election, accusing Andy Burnham of launching a "coup" to seize No10.The Reform UK leader said Mr Burnham had "effectively crowbarred" his way into Downing Street after he stood unopposed for Labour leader."He has arrived there unelected, unopposed and with no mandate from the public whatsoever but for a by-election victory in Makerfield," Mr Farage wrote in the Mail.Describing it as a "very disturbing state of affairs indeed", he warned Mr Burnham's Government would be "more of the same as the previous Government - but hiked even further to the Left".Mr Farage also pointed out that the Makerfield MP's "short, rather dull" speech failed to discuss immigration - and said the "floodgates will be opened even wider" under Mr Burnham's premiership.He also said watering down Shabana Mahmood's migration overhaul would be a "total abdication of duty", adding that if Mr Burnham was "hellbent" on implementing his "radical changes", he needs a...

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