Just weeks before he was elected as Greater Manchester’s first metro-mayor in 2017, I interviewed Andy Burnham for The Conversation.
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And the successes he failed to communicate.
Burnhamism represents a political ideology founded on the need to fundamentally change British constitutional government.
The man widely touted as the next UK prime minister has much in common with Australian PM Anthony Albanese. And he may hold some hope for Labor defeating One Nation.
In the end, the pressure on him to go was just too great.
An economist weighs up some of the options that were left on the table.
Offering hope and locality, the former mayor of Greater Manchester is odd-on to challenge the deeply unpopular Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the top job.
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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Associate Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Politics & International Studies, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Associate Tutor in Politics, Edge Hill University
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Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Politics, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Political Communication, University of Liverpool
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Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Head of Politics, Sheffield Hallam University