WPA Pool via Getty ImagesAndy Burnham has accused the Labour Party of never supporting him in his election campaigns to be mayor of Manchester. AdvertisementBurnham’s comments, on BBC Radio Manchester, threaten to reignite the bitter war of words which erupted between him and Downing Street at the weekend. A sub-committee of the NEC, which included the PM, voted 8-1 against allowing the Manchester mayor to put his name forward on Sunday. Because I think if we’d have that by-election, and we still might do and I’ll be out there campaigning for Labour in that by-election. AdvertisementBut Burnham said: “I would have pointed out to them I’ve never had any support from the party in the three mayoral elections I’ve fought, so the Greater Manchester mayoral election has never been a great expense.