Christian Calgie: Andy Burnham told me off for calling him mate!

Nigel Farage made his first appearance on the Makerfield campaign trail yesterday, saying the race will be the most significant by-election of his lifetime.The Reform UK leader was taken on a constituency tour sitting in the front seat of a white van owned by his candidate, plumber Robert Kenyon, who plans to thwart Andy Burnham's bid to return to Westminster and scupper his hopes of becoming Labour leader once and for all.Joining Mr Farage and his entourage, the Daily Mail followed Mr Kenyon's van in our own car for the tour - only to have an extraordinary encounter when, by chance, we bumped into Andy Burnham himself.And it is fair to say he was not pleased in the least to see us.