We should absolutely be running a candidate in Makerfield if Burnham is just gonna be Starmer 2.0.
Until recently I was in the "We should stand down to not split the left wing vote" camp. But then the u turns started coming in from Burnham, PR, the EU, keeping Reeves financial rules... more and more it looks like Burnham is just gonna be Starmer 2.0 in which case we should absolutely be running a candidate and going full steam ahead with campaigning.