With Keir Starmer's resignation and Andy Burnham being the favourite to replace him, it's important that the Prime Minister and government  continue towork for British people. As a democratic country a general election should be called because:

1. Andy Burnham has not been an MP in parliament for 16 years now and would be a massive jump to go from that to leading Labour and the country.

2. Andy Burnham was not an MP when Labour were voted in with its manifesto.  A GE should be called with Andy Burnham's own manifesto to let the public vote

3. When Conservatives appointed Rishi Sunak as leader, many Labour MPs (including Andy Burnham himself) called for a general election as Rishi was not voted in.  It would be hypocritical to go ahead without applying the same rules to themselves.

The only way to set a path forward and help restore any public trust at all would be for parties to put forward their manifestos and allow the public to decide.