Research from Public First finds Burnham is Labour’s best hope to take on Nigel Farage — but a coalition may be the most he can deliver.

Speaking from the G7 summit amid growing threats to his leadership, Sir Keir Starmer described Andy Burnham as a ‘huge asset to our party and our movement’

Who would have thought that this man, who was once a plain and rather uninspiring New Labour minister, would one day become the great hope against the darkness?