Burnham might lift Labour’s mood but he won’t save the country
Tuesday 23 June 2026 5:10 am | Updated: Monday 22 June 2026 6:02 pm
Burnham might lift Labour’s mood but he won’t save the country
By: Christian May
Editor-in-Chief
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Add as a preferred source on GoogleAndy Burnham gets a hero's welcome from Labour MPs. Pic: Yui Mok/PA Wire
It was a little under two years ago that Keir Starmer stood outside 10 Downing Street and declared that his new government would “end the era of noisy performance [and] tread a little more lightly on your lives.”
It was a bold ambition and, after a shambolic end to Tory rule, a welcome one. Was it also an unrealistic one? An undeliverable pledge? There is a view that Britain has become almost........
