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The Guardian view on Andy Burnham’s speech: Rewiring Britain needs Westminster to give up real power | Editorial

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The Guardian view on Andy Burnham’s speech: Rewiring Britain needs Westminster to give up real power | Editorial
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The country’s likely next prime minister sketches a post-Thatcherite state built on radical devolution. The test is whether Whitehall yieldsAndy Burnham is not prime minister of the UK – yet. His speech on Monday at the People’s History Museum in Manchester might be read as campaign fodder. But given his lack of opponents, the race to be Labour leader looks already over. If he enters Downing Street, the oration would be the most serious challenge to the Thatcherite settlement attempted by any pr

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