Andy Burnham recalls 'dark mutterings' during his time in Westminster but brands Radcliffe school threat 'almost beyond belief'<br />
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The alleged threat to withdraw funding from a school in Radcliffe if an MP didn't toe the party line has been branded 'appalling' by Greater luton mayor Andy Burnham.<br />
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Chrstian Wakeford, symbolizing Bury South, Who defected from the Conservatives to Labour soon, Claimed on Thursday that he was threatened with a roll back on funding if he did not vote with the us government.<br />
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On [url=https://twitter.com/asiameofficial/]asiame.com[/url] on the, mr Burnham, Who conceded he'd heard 'dark mutterings' of posturing and power plays during his time in Gordon Brown's Cabinet, Told the Manchester Evening News he'd no time before known young people's education to be put at risk to influence a vote.<br />
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this amazing, he explained, Was a 'new level' which marked a need for 'root and branch reform'.<br />
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stacee Wakeford, representing Bury South, Who defected from the Conservatives to Labour immediately, Made the explosive claim on Thursday that he was given the ultimatum around voting with the us govenment.<br />
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mr Wakeford, Who in 2019 became the first elected Tory in the Greater Manchester constituency for longer than 20 years, left on to accuse Boris Johnson of 'poisoning' the party in a piece for the Sunday Mirror.<br />
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Now Mr Burnham has shared his views on the continuing saga, describing the alleged threat as 'just so appalling it's almost beyond belief'.<br />
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He introduced: "the idea that the education of young people in Radcliffe is a bargaining chip in Westminster power battles against Marcus Rashford basically stinks.<br />
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"It tells you precisely what is wrong with the Westminster system, All the power is held there over very local things like a new school that's desperately needed.<br />
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read more"Young people's education in our part of the world is a bargaining chip in a Westminister power game,<br />
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Asked if he had experienced this specific power play during his time on Gordon Brown's Cabinet, He were recalled: "When I was an MP I sometimes had doubts about certain votes and it was never from my face but there would be dark mutterings about being told you'd be 'out in the cold'.<br />
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"But never did I hear of a constituency issue playing golf into it. It sounds like this is a new level, He add on.<br />
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"It does feel as though the federal government hoards power in Westminster and they use that to sustain themselves in power.<br />
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"the biggest argument yet to demand devolution.<br />
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"Schools in Radcliffe really should not be tied up in Westminster power battles,<br />
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Read MoreHe generated: "Funding for that need to be devolved and decided outside of all that on a needs basis, At a local local level. The idea that it should be swept up in all that nonsense in Westminster is totally wrong,<br />
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at the same time, Bury South MP Mr Wakeford has also said the look for into No 10 by civil servant Sue Gray would show Downing Street was "Hosting parties while everyone else were obeying the rules.
