Andy Burnham’s trivial pursuits
Andy Burnham’s trivial pursuits The PM’s low-stakes policymaking makes John Major’s Cones Hotline look like the Marshall Plan. i Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Steven Tucker" }) Steven Tucker 26th August 2026 i Getty Share Topics Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access? On 12 August, UK prime minister Andy Burnham convened an immediate sitting of the Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (commonly referred to as COBRA). This is the committee that tends to deal with national emergencies: terror attacks, pandemics, riots and that kind of thing.
- ▪Andy Burnham’s trivial pursuits The PM’s low-stakes policymaking makes John Major’s Cones Hotline look like the Marshall Plan. i Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Steven Tucker" }) Steven Tucker 26th August 2026 i Getty Share
- ▪On 12 August, UK prime minister Andy Burnham convened an immediate sitting of the Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (commonly referred to as COBRA).
- ▪This is the committee that tends to deal with national emergencies: terror attacks, pandemics, riots and that kind of thing.
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Andy Burnham’s trivial pursuits The PM’s low-stakes policymaking makes John Major’s Cones Hotline look like the Marshall Plan. i Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Steven Tucker" }) Steven Tucker 26th August 2026 i Getty Share Topics Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. On 12 August, UK prime minister Andy Burnham convened an immediate sitting of the Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (commonly referred to as COBRA). This is the committee that tends to deal with national emergencies: terror attacks, pandemics, riots and that kind of thing. What had happened this time? Ebola in Ebbsfleet? A nuke in Nuneaton? No, Burnham had gathered his entire suite of national-security advisers together to issue a Very Important Announcement.
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