Why Burnham should call a snap election (opens in new tab)

It ended not with a bang but a whimper. It came from the back of the Prime Minister’s throat, as Keir Starmer promised to be a better husband and father. It’s a tough old game. A bloodsport, even. The former Blairite health secretary, Andy Burnham, clearly has more of a taste for blood than our hapless outgoing leader. Like Boris with the Tories, Burnham is a protean politician who grasps his party and its idiosyncrasies instinctively.