Keeping up with the Burnhams

Exclusive: Edinburgh makes bid for extra powers to match Manchester Mayor

It was a moment which inspired a thousand Covid lockdown memes and put Andy Burnham at the centre of national debate.

The Greater Manchester Mayor’s invective on the doorstep of Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall - “This is no way to run the country in a national crisis… This is not right.” - dramatically stole the headlines from Boris Johnson’s government.

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