Andy Burnham's last stand
Analysis of a dramatic day in the politics of the North
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On the steps of Manchester’s central library yesterday, flanked by his deputy mayors, Andy Burnham chose to fight. Like Davy Crockett wielding his rifle as a club at The Battle of the Alamo with Mexican troops encircling him and his last defenders dwindling in strength, Burnham picked this spot and this moment to make a stand.
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