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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Athena Stavrou

Why isn’t Andy Burnham using a lectern in No 10 speech?

The new prime minister is using two microphones to deliver his first speech, rather than using a lectern - (Reuters)

Andy Burnham has decided to deliver his first speech as prime minister without one conventional hallmark of a Downing Street address.

The former mayor of Manchester becomes the sixth politician in a decade to deliver a speech outside No 10 as a new prime minister - but is the first to do so without a lectern.

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