Labour is Burnham’s to lose (opens in new tab)

What is the point of Andy Burnham? He’s a serial flip-flopper. A chameleon. And he’s a prime example of that most hated of people: a career politician. Take a look at his Makerfield campaign: enough u-turns to make Keir Starmer blush. All style, no substance. You can drop your cheeky-chappy Northerner act, Andy, we remember Burnham the Blairite minister, the bright young thing who wanted balanced budgets and a war in Iraq.