Andy Burnham is back. After his humiliation at Labour conference, the Mayor of Greater Manchester has returned, hawking his conscience around once more. At last night’s London launch of his new book, Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain , co-written with Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotheram, Burnham attacked Starmer again. He criticised the ‘narrow and shallow’ way the Prime Minister runs his government, citing the handling of the two-child benefit cap rebellion. Though Mr S doubts No. 10 will heed Bottler Burnham’s advice…

‘No one lost the whip under Brown or Blair,’ Burnham complained when asked about the case of backbench rebel Ian Byrne. He then went further, arguing that MPs’ careers were ‘jeopardised’ for ‘saying the right thing.’ With Treasury beancounters keen to take

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