Robert Shrimsley (FT) on Andy Burnham vs. the Fascist Frog (and nostalgia):

'Burnham has one major advantage. His brand is a more uplifting, uniting vision; a happy nostalgia with Northernism at its core is central to his appeal to those lost red-wall voters Farage is also targeting.

This, then, is the new political battleground. Take your pick. Which past should be our future?'

But the past Burnham seems to be focussing on is one that Blair built & its now hopelessly compromised

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