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Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University

Andy Burnham’s meteoric rise tells us much about how politics and power are changing

Andy Burnham is set to become the new British prime minister, replacing the humbled Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour party. This means the United Kingdom will have its seventh leader in less than a decade.

Burnham’s rise raises critical questions about the changing dynamics of political parties, leadership and representation in an accelerated political climate.

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