@ChrisMayLA6 #andyburnham has used conciliatory language in his letter asking for permission to apply. This puts the ball in the court of the hardliners on the #labournec - an immediate block would make it particularly difficult to hold the seat in the forthcoming byelection. And many members of the #nec come up for re-election by the membership later this year. However they may yet be blinkered enough to fall into the trap of blocking him and then losing it to #farage, #galloway or #polanski !