QUENTIN LETTS: Echoes of Shakespeare... with TV beaming live footage of Burnham's train ride to destiny
Five hours after Sir Keir Starmer's watery resignation speech, Andy Burnham swanned into the Commons to take his seat.
The chamber was rammed... 'Rome is saved!' cried one MP
Burnham Set to Become UK Prime Minister
- Burnham emerges front-runner for UK PM as Starmer resigns Punch —
- Meet the new boss: What does Andy Burnham actually stand for? Sydney Morning Herald —
- Now even a Labour grandee calls for a general election: Ex-home secretary Alan Johnson says Burnham must 'restore trust' Daily Mail —
- Starmer versus reality: His speech had so many startling boasts you wondered why he was forced out. Here's our fact check... Daily Mail —
- DAN HODGES: Team Burnham's fury at Starmer for refusing to stay on until September. 'Andy's not going to be close to being ready to be Prime Minister' Daily Mail —