DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Without an election, Burnham is just the great pretender

Sir Keir did have one thing that his successor doesn't - a mandate from the people of this country. He may have been elected by default after the Tory implosion - but he was elected. Sir Keir did have one thing that his successor doesn't - a mandate from the people of this country. He may have been elected by default after the Tory implosion - but he was elected.