Andy Burnham is facing heavy criticism for going on a family holiday just weeks after entering Downing Street.

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His allies point out, quite reasonably, that prime ministers are never truly off duty and that government business continues wherever they are in the world.

All of that may be true.

But I still think he's got this one wrong.

He's a lovely, warm, down-to-earth, not overly rehearsed kind of guy. And look, I find Westminster's obsession with bloodless coups as exhausting as the next man.

But come on.........

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