Andy Burnham blocked, more Minneapolis protests, and a British FBI?
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
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🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Andy Burnham is blocked from standing as an MP - is this a sign of strength or weakness for Sir Keir Starmer?
There have been more protests this weekend in Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of nurse Alex Pretti by a federal officer.
And the Home Secretary announces an overhaul of policing in England and Wales - including a "British FBI".
Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:46.4 | Andy Bernard. The Full Story First Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, has been blocked from returning to Parliament. |
| 0:48.0 | What is going on? |
| 0:55.1 | And protesters have gathered in Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of Alex Prittie on Saturday, |
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| 0:59.4 | We'll bring you the latest. |
| 1:05.3 | So, Sophie, over the weekend, lots of developments in British politics, |
| 1:06.7 | specifically within Labour Party, |
| 1:10.7 | that the National Executive Committee, the Labour Party, has blocked Andy Burnham, of course, the mayor of Greater Manchester, from standing in a suddenly vacant seat to become an MP. Talk us to it. |
| 1:20.6 | Yeah, this is a massive story. Andy Burnham, King of the North, one of the main challenges to Kirstama's leadership, |
| 1:31.8 | but he can't do it unless he returns to Parliament, right? He's stuck out in Greater Manchester. |
| 1:35.5 | He can't do it as the mayor. He's got to be an MP. This is his big move. A seat came up. He's |
| 1:40.0 | all ready to go and then suddenly he's blocked. What is going on? Well, it's basically |
| 1:45.3 | Kirstama overruling this. We're talking about the National Executive Committee. This is the kind |
| 1:50.3 | of levers of power in the Labour Party, but really it's full of Kirstama's allies. Kirstama |
| 1:54.9 | himself is on it. He voted. It's pretty clear that this is a move by Kirstama and those around |
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