...hand the left of the party the chance to have input again into policy commitments - and the last thing Burnham and especially Streeting want is that.

I like Andy but I have no illusions that he'll be anything other than (willingly) captured by the right wing of the party and will carry out 'unpopular' policy no matter how much of a 'reindustrialization' gloss they spin it with.

Anyway, maybe he'll have a word with that gobshte Rotheram and tell Bobby Chariot to sort out some trams for the stadium.