'Anyone vote for him? I didn't vote for him': Ex-EastEnders star Danny Dyer says he 'doesn't know' who's PM in withering putdown of Burnham's coup

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 05:30 EDT, 22 September 2026 | Updated: 05:32 EDT, 22 September 2026 TV's Danny Dyer has become caught up in a spat with Andy Burnham after he delivered an expletive-laden rant about the Prime Minister.The former EastEnders star said he 'didn't know' who the PM was - or who voted for him - as he questioned Mr Burnham's mandate to lead the country.Speaking at a protest against the water industry in Kent, Dyer was asked if he had a message for the PM.'I don't know who the Prime Minister is, mate. Do you?' the actor told BBC Radio Kent.On being told Mr Burnham was in Downing Street, Dyer said: 'Yeah, but who is he? I don't understand. Did anyone vote for him? Because I didn't vote for him.'I think we've had successive prime ministers that are c***s. End of.' TV's Danny Dyer has become caught up in a spat with Andy Burnham after he delivered an expletive-laden rant about the Prime Minister Mr Burnham, pictured with his wife Marie-France Van Heel, attempted a riposte to Dyer when asked about the actor's comments while he travelled to the UN General Assembly in New YorkMr Burnham attempted a riposte to Dyer when asked about the actor's comments while he travelled to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.The PM said: 'I'm not sure I know who he is. Is he the father-in-law of a West Ham player?'Dyer's daughter Dani is married to West Ham United and England star Jarrod Bowen.Mr Burnham became PM in July after launching a successful coup against Keir Starmer following his victory in the Makerfield by-election.His election as Labour leader by the party's MPs at Westminster was dubbed a 'stitch-up' after no other challenger emerged against him.It meant Mr Burnham did not have to face a vote of Labour's wider membership.He has also since resisted demands to call a snap general election to seek his own mandate from the public.This is despite him having previously demanded the Tories do exactly that when they changed leaders while in power.Dyer, his daughter Dani and singer Becky Hill attended a protest in Leysdown-on-Sea at the weekend as they joined calls for the water industry to be returned to public ownership.The actor, who features on Disney+ hit Rivals and also runs a caravan park on the Isle of Sheppey, joined activists from Surfers Against Sewage.He said that the quality of British waters was 'a disgrace', adding: 'Sometimes when you look out to the sea, you can smell the twang in the air.'Mr Burnham is not the first PM that Dyer has launched an expletive-laden attack on. In 2018, he branded David Cameron a 'tw**' and demanded to know why the ex-Tory leader was able to relax in France 'with his trotters up' while the country dealt with Brexit following the EU referendum he called.'So what's happened to that tw** David Cameron who called it on?' he told an ITV show.'How comes he can scuttle off? He called all this on. Where is he? He's in Europe, in Nice, with his trotters up, yeah, where is the geezer?'I think he should be held account for it.'