Former Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, Britain’s presumptive prime minister following Keir Starmer’s resignation, set out his vision for the country in a speech on Monday.
Burnham presents himself as an amiable northern everyman who likes to dress casually in T-shirts rather than a suit and tie and spends his spare time playing football or spinning tunes on the decks for charitable DJ battles.
Burnham won a by-election on June 18 for a seat in Parliament with the express aim of challenging Starmer for leadership of the Labour Party after lawmakers lost confidence in the prime minister following disastrous local election results. Starmer eventually bowed to mounting pressure and stood down….