On London Extra: Wanted - A London MP To Battle Burnham
The would-be PM's attitude to the capital needs flushing out. Plus Palantir's Hackney connection, a lost wallet in Brixton and much more
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Media coverage of Andy Burnham has soared to new peaks of absurdity, with every inch of yesterday’s journey by the Northern Messiah to Bad and Horrid London documented in worshipful detail. Oh look, he’s wearing a Man of the People T-shirt! Oh look, he’s done a selfie with a horde of adoring Labour MPs!
Today, the focus is on who might dare prevent Burnham’s elevation to the highest office in the land being secured by means of a doting Labour coronation. Will anyone put his ideas for running the UK to a proper test? Surely, one of London’s 59 Labour MPs should.
