“There was a lot on the why and the what, less on the how, but that has set out the fundamentals and the frame for the premiership we’re about to get.”
Andy Burnham is trying to make the case that Britain’s economic problems can be traced back to it’s political culture, and he is the one to “make it right”, says chief political commentator at The Times Patrick Maguire.
Patrick Maguire was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 10am-1pm.
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Andy Burnham is trying to make the case that Britain’s economic problems can be traced back to it’s political culture, and he is the one to “make it right”, says chief political commentator at The Times Patrick Maguire.
Patrick Maguire was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 10am-1pm.
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