🏛️ Politics Jun 29, 2026 · Andrew O’Brien

Andy Burnham’s devolution delusion

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Next year marks the 1,100th anniversary of Athelstan’s seizure of the Kingdom of York from the Vikings and the forced submission of the remaining northern kingdoms. This event marks the birth of what we now call the political entity of “England”. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the main record of the period, merely records that “this year king Athelstan expelled king Guthfrith.” However, these seven words marked a seismic event in English, European and eventually global history.



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