Andy Burnham delivers contradictory migration message, agreeing with Farage while calling for safe routes

Summary

Andy Burnham, in a BBC Radio Manchester interview, delivered a muddled and contradictory stance on irregular migration. He called for creating "safe routes" for refugees while simultaneously agreeing with Nigel Farage's hardline approach of detaining and deporting migrants. The article criticizes Burnham's inability to clearly communicate his policy plans as he campaigns in the Makerfield by-election, suggesting his messaging is confused and self-contradictory.