One last Starmer U-turn and it’s over to Andy ‘less policy, more vibes’ Burnham | John Crace

Politics The Guardian By John Crace 01 Sep 2026 17:43 1 min read
One last Starmer U-turn and it’s over to Andy ‘less policy, more vibes’ Burnham | John Crace

What former PM could resist upstaging the new one hours before his first dispatch box appearance in 16 years? UK politics live – latest updates No good deed goes unpunished. Or any deed for that matter. It was only a few weeks ago that Keir Starmer was insisting he would remain an MP until the next general election. So we should all probably have guessed that he would be off at the earliest opportunity. U-turns were a distinguishing feature of his two years in office. And what former prime min

And what former prime minister could resist upstaging the new one hours before his first appearance at the government dispatch box for 16 years? Especially when the new one had been plotting his downfall for at least a year. It’s what everyone would have wanted. Right?

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