Will Labour MPs dare ask themselves whether they were too hasty in pushing outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer out of office? Were they too eager to remove a PM who had legitimacy and won a resounding majority in a general election just two years ago, only to replace him with someone who lacks legitimacy and will ultimately have to call an election he will not be certain of winning? Above all, will anyone dare ask themselves whether Andy Burnham, the new Labour MP tipped to be the UK’s next leader, has a plan, a vision and the means to meet voters’ expectations in a way Starmer failed to do?

His plan for the country is still vague, but there are clues to what he thinks, on topics from inheritance tax to welfare and social care, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Will Labour MPs dare ask themselves whether they were too hasty in pushing outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer out of office? Were they too eager to remove a PM who had…