What sort of prime minister would Andy Burnham be? Just look at Boris Johnson

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His resounding win in Makerfield surely makes a leadership bid inevitable. But, despite his undeniable charisma and a reinvention as a mayoral man of the people, James Kirkup says that Burnham’s actually back where he always belonged A ndy Burnham is seizing his second chance to change history. That’s just as well, because the first time, he bottled it. That was back in 2009 when Burnham was a member of Gordon Brown ’s cabinet. Brown was struggling as prime minister, much as Keir Starmer is