It won't be long before Burnham is this country's Prime Minister. Like me, I imagine you're not as titillated as Labour MPs are about the prospect of Burnham at the helm - and rightly so. I'm petrified.

Burnham's message on public finances came minutes after he said he had “deliberately” avoided making a decision on his Chancellor pick.

Burnham, who is due to become Britain’s prime minister on July 20, admitted he was blindsided by a funding gap in his predecessor Keir Starmer’s defense investment plan.