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UK PM Burnham met Man City chairman while Manchester mayor

Andy Burnham's statement follows criticism of his first response to City being found guilty of serious financial breaches; the biscuits remain unaccounted for.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe prime minister, Andy Burnham, says he met the Manchester City chairman while he was mayor of Manchester, and the statement follows criticism of his first response to the club being found guilty of serious financial breaches.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA mayor met a chairman. In a city that has one club that wins everything. I'm sorry, but that's called having a calendar.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe meeting is not the question.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe question is why the first answer needed a second answer, and I have watched that pattern end careers on four continents.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me finish, because a second answer is just a first answer that went to the gym and got clarity.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWent to the gym.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA mayor sits in a room with the man who owns the stadium, the trophies and the sponsor's logo, and we are told it was small talk. I would like the minutes.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOh, the minutes. Nobody takes minutes at a coffee, Gloria. They take biscuits.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIf we are demanding the minutes, we are one step from demanding the lanyard.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI have been in this chair twenty-eight years and I know where that road ends. It ends at the biscuit.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen somebody should ask who chose the biscuit.

  12. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWow.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe only person in that room who definitely knew nothing is whoever ordered the biscuits, and frankly, that person is our best witness.

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  1. Man City appeal looms as Premier League returns · Yahoo Sports
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  3. Why did Man City fans bring 1,000 balloon BANANAS to Anfield? · The Times of India
  4. UK PM says Russia interfered in Brexit vote · ABC News
  5. Burnham reopens Brexit debate on Russian interference · The Guardian
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