Andy Burnham’s First Recruits Are Cause For ‘Optimism’ | Fraser Nelson

“There is also a scenario where this goes right rather than goes wrong.” Andy Burnham’s recruitment of James Purnell and Andy Haldane can help him avoid “obvious traps” in the opening days of his expected premiership, says The Times columnist Fraser Nelson. Fraser Nelson was speaking to Salma El-Wardany and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day from 6-10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Find us on Facebook:   / timesandsundaytimes   Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram:   / thetimes