Andy Burnham speaks to residents, care workers, volunteers and social care stakeholders during a care home visit last month. via Associated PressAndy Burnham should call a general election by early next year “at the latest” so Labour can defeat Nigel Farage and all-but kill off the Tories, according to a Theresa May’s former pollster. “But I believe a combination of factors mean Andy Burnham should go for a general election this year or, at the latest, early next.” Amid speculation that Farage may stand down as Reform leader before 2029, the latest point at which an election must be held, Johnson said Burnham should go to the country now. He said: “Farage remains Reform’s best asset and if Farage goes, Reform goes with him.