Burnham is taking a bold risk by busting the big lie of politics – that change is impossible | Frances Ryan

Unequal capitalist societies survive on the premise that certain things are inevitable. Admit that these are political choices, and who knows what voters will demand? This is the danger zone. The period when one prime minister leaves office and the next takes over can inspire either dread or delight: a few days in which the country forms a gut reaction to the new government. One week on, Andy Burnham has well and truly ditched the slow fatalism that marked Keir Starmer’s early days in power, in favour of the message that help is on the way: from cost of living support to a pledge to end rough

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