Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeA defiant Andy Burnham has hit out at those demanding he make “simplistic statements of loyalty” to Sir Keir Starmer, saying they are underestimating “the peril” facing Labour. He warned of the difficult elections facing Labour in Scotland and Wales, which it is on course to lose next year. “When a party member is suspended for liking a tweet by a member of another political party, or a member of parliament loses a whip for trying to protect disability benefits. The former cabinet minister, who left Westminster to become mayor, also claimed he was a “very significantly different politician for the experience”.