Remember Gazza crying at Italia 90? It was an extraordinary moment not just for British culture, but for masculinity as a whole. The lad, the joker, the midfield magician, suddenly overcome. Unable to contain himself, weeping openly on the pitch. It became embossed on British hearts.
Thirty-six years later, has Andy Burnham just had his own Gazza moment? His tears at this week’s Labour Party Conference have marked another dramatic shift in how men are permitted to show their emotion.
