Much of Burnham’s appeal seems to lie in the fact that he has big doey eyes – like a cartoon drawn by a Japanese pervert.

Andy Burnham wasted no time in going on manoeuvres, pressing the flesh in Makerfield, where arguably the most important by-election in living memory will take place, probably on…

Much of Burnham’s appeal seems to lie in the fact that he has big doey eyes – like a cartoon drawn by a Japanese pervert.

‘Politics needs to change,’ Andy Burnham, our presumptive next prime minister, told the ‘Great North Summit’ in Leeds this afternoon.