How Michael Bloomberg taught Britain’s Andy Burnham to act like a big shot

Lucian Nemoiu

ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, England — They seem an unlikely duo: The centibillionaire financial data tycoon, and the self-styled man of the people bidding to be Britain’s next prime minister. Yet Michael Bloomberg, the former New York mayor, has been an influence on Andy Burnham for almost a decade as the Labour politician built his profile ahead of his current tilt at moving into 10 Downing Street. The Greater Manchester mayor met Bloomberg in 2017, weeks after he was elected to run the region in