He believes Andy Burnham could be the Prime Minister by the time of the Labour party conference.

“I suspect this takes Westing pretty much out the game and if I had to put my life on it I think Andy Bernham is could be there by conference.”

He believes that the way Andy Burnham conducted his campaign, which avoided radical right-wing rhetoric, provides a recipe for success in British politics.

“He's done it with a pretty decent straightforward campaign. He hasn't done any crazy I mean there's lots of temptations if you're taking on reform in a constitution. I imagine the pressure on you to think well I can just you know I can sound a little bit more right-wing and radical. I can steal a li”