The BBC star slammed the Mayor of Manchester after he made an enormous discovery.
Duncan Bannatyne eliminated his backing of Andy Burnham (Picture: Getty)
Dragons’ Den star Duncan Bannatyne has ferociously eliminated his backing of Labour’s Andy Burnham. The BBC star totally supported the Mayor of Manchester till he made a discovery, which made him do an enormous U-turn as he publicly withdrew his assist.
Taking to X, previously Twitter, Duncan reshared an article which claimed that Burnham had mentioned that males who establish as ladies ought to be capable to use feminine bathrooms. He angrily commented: “That’s it. He loses my assist. Cretin.” In one other assertion, later, on, Duncan added: “Final week I made a decision to throw my assist behind @AndyBurnhamGM for management of the Labour Occasion and on to PM. However I can not do this now that I discover out he says Transwomen. IE males. Needs to be allowed to make use of the women’ bathrooms. I can by no means assist anybody that does this. Organic Ladies should have single intercourse areas.”
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Final week I made a decision to throw my assist behind @AndyBurnhamGM for management of the Labour Occasion and on to PM.
However I can not do this now that I discover out he says Transwomen. IE males. Needs to be allowed to make use of the women bathrooms. I can by no means assist anybody that does this.…— Duncan Bannatyne (@DuncanBannatyne) Might 20, 2026
A fan then commented: “I’m gobsmacked {that a} enterprise individual like your self would have been a Labour supporter within the first place. However effectively completed for posting this anyway,” to which Duncan replied with a clarification on his political stance.
“I’m not a Labour supporter but when we’ve got a alternative on who to assist for the following PM then we must always use it. I don’t assist any social gathering,” he shared.
It comes as Burnham might return to parliament if he wins the Makerfield by-election subsequent month. The Larger Manchester mayor moved a step nearer to a return to the Commons after Labour’s Nationwide Government Committee permitted his bid to face within the upcoming Makerfield by-election.
If elected, Burnham is anticipated to launch a management problem as strain on Sir Keir continues to develop following Labour’s disastrous native election outcomes.
Nevertheless, the politician has confronted backlash lately over his views on single-sex areas. He mentioned the concept that single-sex areas ought to be protected for organic ladies was a “minority view”.
Conservatives’ equalities spokesman Claire Coutinho mentioned Burnham was “shockingly out of contact”.
She instructed the Day by day Mail: “Defending the protection, dignity and privateness of ladies isn’t a minority view – it is the legislation. It’s a gross injustice that ladies have been raped in jail, misplaced their spots on sports activities podiums, or misplaced their jobs for stating organic intercourse is actual.
“However that has occurred as a result of folks like Andy didn’t suppose ladies’s rights had been value combating for – it’s shockingly out of contact.”
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