2nd August, 2010, 9:06 am

Burnham’s Battle Bus: 8 in the morning – August 2nd

Mark Ferguson

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Andy Burnham has cancelled his holiday to keep on campaigning through the unofficial campaign truce in August.

* Meanwhile the Liverpool Daily News says Burnham will fight to the end of the contest.

* The RMT are urging fellow unions to adopt a national general strike.

* Manchester Evening News has a write up of Saturday’s hustings.

* The President of Pakistan is visiting the UK – despite Cameron’s comments last week…

* A major think tank says that the BBC license fee should be scrapped.

* There’s hope for a resolution to the BA strikes.

* Sir Richard Dannatt quits Tory adviser role.

* And the Ed Miliband campaign have recruited 1300 potential volunteers by text message, are you one of them?

Mark Ferguson

Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.

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