[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Chris

Andy Burnham is the man who bothered to listen to real people in Liverpool instead of civil servants and pushed for - and got - a proper inquiry into Hillsborough, which eventually led to the deaths being re-recorded as unlawful killing.

He’s thoughtful, principled and can soak up pressure. He is at least as qualified as anyone else who’s held the job in recent years and I suspect better than most of them. After the stitch-up the other week, however, he might yet turn out to be the best leader Labour never had.

Then again....

Andy Burnham and Alan Johnson, two former Health Secretaries, turned down dozens of requests for public inquiries into the Mid-Staffordshire scandal, including 20 from fellow MPs...