Chris Mason: Burnham revels on public stage but has little time to hammer ideas into shape
As a man who has held prime ministerial ambitions for years, Andy Burnham makes his dash for the door, political editor Chris Mason writes.
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Burnham offered a sense of what his time as prime minister would mean, but he did not lay out many details.
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