Is It New Boss Same As The Old Boss For Britain’s Andy Burnham?

Until its recent by-election, few in Britain (let alone the rest of the world) had heard of Makerfield. Sandwiched between Manchester’s northwestern border and the town of Wigan, the history of the Makerfield constituency is typical of that part of the world. Home to the satellite towns that helped power the Manchester “cottonopolis” during the ...