Unlike his predecessor, Burnham showing that it’s possible to ‘play the long game’ at the same time as announcing positive, generally popular policies. We’ve had 3 in 48 hours already: on rough sleeping, energy bills VAT and now a bus fares cap. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Andy Burnham is playing the long game in an age of short attention spans | Rafael BehrIt is hard to make the case for a 10-year plan in our political culture of constant campaigning frenzy – but the new PM will try, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behrwww.theguardian.com