With less than three weeks to go until he enters No. 10, Andy Burnham has adopted a ‘Ming vase’ approach to public appearances. With victory inevitable, why expose himself to media scrutiny at the risk of binding his hands on taking up office? Since his devolution speech on Monday, the new Makerfield MP has kept

Andy Burnham looks set to be the least scrutinised PM in modern times

Andy Burnham's speech on Monday was the first time he has given any specific steer. But even that was full of generalities