The sheer volume of promises delivered by Andy Burnham in his first House of Commons statement suggests not a clear policy framework, but an overwhelming need for theatrical distraction.
The headlines are predictably dramatic: seven people dead in an A66 crash; twelve arrests following deadly "joyrides"; and now, the Prime Minister calling a social media trend…
You look at the headlines—the flashing images of missile blueprints being passed across borders, the grand promises made by foreign leaders standing on stages built for…