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LABOUR PARTY chiefs should not poke their noses into industrial disputes, leadership frontrunner Andy Burnham told the Morning Star this weekend.
Ex-leader Ed Miliband faced ridicule for slamming striking teachers and civil servants nine months into his leadership in 2011, repeatedly telling an interviewer that “these strikes are wrong” and “the public are being let down by both sides.”
But asked if he would take the same approach, Mr Burnham said: “It’s not our place to comment on these issues.”
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