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Originally Posted by Pierre
Do you have to be an MP to be the leader of a Party?
Sturgeon isn’t.
It would be weird though, if Burnham was leader but Rayner did PMQs
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I think it's in the Labour rule book.
It could work if Burnham leaned into the idea that he is the Labour leader based in the North. It would be spun as a sign Labour isn't London-centric. I just think it would be impractical. Can you be the leader of the opposition if you're in Parliament to oppose? How do you do both jobs of LOTO and Mayor of Manchester?
They would have to find him a safe seat pretty sharpish.