India, June 22 -- As Keir Starmer is set to announce his premature resignation as UK prime minister, Andy Burnham is the frontrunner for succession to the coveted post.

Burnham is currently the mayor of Greater Manchester and is seen as Keir Starmer's biggest rival in the Labour Party.

This is partly due to the 56-year-old being perceived as politically left-leaning, which has been a traditional Labour stance before Starmer came along and tried to position himself as centre-right to counter Reform UK's growing popularity, a strategy that seems to have backfired spectacularly.

Burnham is considered as Starmer's biggest would-be rival. One of the reasons could be that he's perceived to be to the political left of the prime minister. He h...