Power to cities and towns rather than Westminster is the heart of 56-year-old Andy Burnham’s speech. Likely future prime minister, he should replace Keir Starmer, who has resigned, in this position by the end of July. The venue for his programmatic speech, held in the premises of the People’s History Museum in Manchester, was not chosen by chance by the man who until then held the post of mayor of the third city in the country. And who, for the occasion, had not yet put away his usual outfit: black t-shirt and suit on which was stapled the pin bearing the image of the bee, symbol of the city.
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