If Andy Burnham is the answer, what on earth was the question?
The self-styled King of the North reckons he’s on track to win next Thursday’s Makerfield by-election then sweep south to depose Keir Starmer, whose job security is more precarious than ever after the devastating resignation of his defence secretary, John Healey.
Few will mourn the demise of Starmer, the only prime minister in living memory to be accused by his own hitherto loyal defence secretary of failing to properly defend the nation. But it speaks volumes for the grim state of British politics that the Makerfield campaign provides no evidence
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