As John Healey & Andy Burnham appear to differ on the timetables for potentially rejoining the EU (Healey has said 'not in my lifetime') and prospective welfare cuts (Healey sees them earlier than Burnham, who has claimed there is 'no timetable')... its pretty clear they are setting already into the, not unusual, roles of Good Cop/Bad Cop, with the latter role fulfilled by the Chancellor (driven by the influence of the Treasury).
So much for a new politics....
#politics #budget
h/t FT
Emeritus Prof. Christopher May
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