We need to be better,” the new prime minister told the nation. Well, in at least a few respects, Andy Burnham has already done better.
Without being unduly unkind to his predecessor, Sir Keir Starmer, even the now ex-prime minister might agree that he could have been better at presentation and projecting a sense of purpose for his administration. Indeed, in his twilight days, he himself sometimes pretty much admitted as much.
