Piping Starmer To The Popularity Post Is A ‘Gift’ For Burnham | Steven Swinford

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“So by virtue of not being Keir Starmer, that is immediately a boost for him…He's a better communicator and a better speaker, he benefits from that as well. So it sounds very cruel. But politics is a cruel business.” Burnham continues to profit politically from replacing an unpopular predecessor in Keir Starmer, which is a “total gift for him” says The Times's political editor Steven Swinford. Steven Swinford was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 6-10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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