💬 Opinion Jun 23, 2026 · Marina Hyde

Welcome to the Andy Burnham show: the Westminster frenzy sucking up the British media’s attention | Marina Hyde

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Welcome to the Andy Burnham show: the Westminster frenzy sucking up the British media’s attention | Marina Hyde
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Despite Friday’s awful rail crash, it was the PM-in-waiting’s journey from Manchester to London that dominated the headlinesBogglingly, Andy Burnham didn’t even wait to become prime minister before organising yesterday’s ludicrous photo of him standing in Westminster Hall, backdropped by hundreds of fawning Labour MPs, like Dorothy surrounded by the munchkins. Or like the bit in Return of the Jedi where the detestably cutesy Ewoks worship C-3PO as a god. Actually, the Westminster Hall visual was

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