With less than three weeks to go until he enters No. 10, Andy Burnham has adopted a ‘Ming vase’ approach to public appearances. With victory inevitable, why expose himself to media scrutiny at the risk of binding his hands on taking up office? Since his devolution speech on Monday, the new Makerfield MP has kept his interventions to a minimum, with a planned appearance at the New Economics Foundation cancelled last night. But having declined to take journalists’ questions on Monday, Burnham did decide to submit to a radio interview with Andrew Marr on LBC tonight.

The party is split on whether its current malaise is ‘comms or policy’. Burnham may be an upgrade on the former but not necessarily the latter

The party is split on whether its current malaise is ‘comms or policy’. Burnham may be an upgrade on the former but not necessarily the latter

It is a format in which Burnham is well-versed, having until........

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