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Burnham revels on public stage but has little time to hammer ideas into shape
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- The second thing is he revels in doing the vision thing: setting out, with passion, the route he believes could lead to a better society and why he reckons he could lead us there.
- Quite something," one Labour MP told me, the comparison with Sir Keir Starmer implicit in his compliment of Burnham.
- Don't underestimate the contrast many Labour figures will draw between the current prime minister and his likely imminent successor on these points alone.
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The first is that he is a politician who revels in being on the public stage: comfortable in his own skin, comfortable in front of a microphone and cameras, and confident in venturing off script and ad-libbing to respond to things as they unfold.
The second thing is he revels in doing the vision thing: setting out, with passion, the route he believes could lead to a better society and why he reckons he could lead us there.
"A leader with politics and vision. Quite something," one Labour MP told me, the comparison with Sir Keir Starmer implicit in his compliment of Burnham.
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