Burnham leaves after his speech without taking questions from waiting journalists.This is probably as good as it gets for Andy Burnham.
The PM-in-waiting is currently basking in the glory of near-universal acclaim from the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP).
An astonishing 322 Labour MPs – 80% of the total – gave their public support to Burnham to be the party’s new leader on the opening day of nominations.
More of them will do so when the PLP office re-opens on Monday morning.
It means that, barring a meteor strike precipitating the end of civilisation in the next week-and-a-half, the former mayor of Greater Manchester will become Labour leader at the third tim...
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