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Andy Burnham defends emergency stockpiling advice with bizarre wine remark

Andy Burnham (Image: Jeff Mitchell)

ANDY Burnham has suggested people could have “a glass or two” of wine to help them through an emergency, as he defended UK Government advice for households to stockpile essential supplies.

As the UK was battered by storms and in the wake of online disruption caused by a security flaw, the Prime Minister said “unexpected events seem to be becoming more and more common”.

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