Andy Burnham's Brexit journey: From warning about Remain's failures to potentially fixing EU relations
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Jon Stone
Summary
The article examines Andy Burnham's evolving role in UK-EU relations, tracing his prescient warnings during the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign — where he argued the Remain side was too focused on elite London perspectives ("too much Hampstead, not enough Hull") — to his current position as Mayor of Greater Manchester. With Keir Starmer leaving behind unfinished EU agreements, a postponed summit, and a discredited political strategy, Burnham may be positioned to help fix the very Brexit he once feared. The piece explores the political irony and the shifting dynamics of post-Brexit Britain.
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Andy Burnham, then Labour's shadow home secretary, had broken ranks weeks before to warn that the Remain campaign was getting things wrong and in serious danger of throwing away the referendum
Keir Starmer leaves his successor three half-finished agreements with the EU, a postponed summit, and a discredited political strategy
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