I’m not sure how often John Major visited Wigan or Leigh or the other parts of Andy Burnham’s new Makerfield constituency during his time as Prime Minister. But from the sound of it, he doesn’t exactly think much of the place. ‘He [Burnham] suggested in a speech the other day, in a rather curious phrase, that if things didn’t meet the “Makerfield Test” they wouldn’t happen,’ Sir John icily observed in an interview last week.
‘Well, I’m not sure how widely he spreads that, but if he really thinks he’s going to put his discussions with Mr Xi or Mr Trump
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