Polo shirts, Clarks Wallabees, shorts: Burnham has finessed his style. Can he carry it to high office? | Morwenna Ferrier
The likely next prime minister might have to leave his ‘Manchester clothes’ in the cupboard when he gets to No 10There’s a joke doing the rounds about Andy Burnham. It...
By Morwenna Ferrier · The Guardian Opinion
The likely next prime minister might have to leave his ‘Manchester clothes’ in the cupboard when he gets to No 10 There’s a joke doing the rounds about Andy Burnham. It usually goes something like this: a Blairite, a Brownite and a Corbynite walk into a bar. “Hello, Andy, what can I get you?” asks the barman. The man who would be our next prime minister has been through a few incarnations in his career as a Labour politician. This shape-shifting has been reflected in the jobs he’s done and the policies he’s championed. Continue reading...