Burnham’s silence over violent anti-migrant Thetford riots speaks volumes

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Andy Burnham has been conspicuously silent about days of racist mobs rioting outside a hotel housing migrants in Norfolk. It’s a deeply worrying sign: Burnham might be worse in some regards than Starmer. Our newly-minted Prime Minister, given perhaps the easiest ride of any new leadership in living memory, has not been silent on various matters. Instead, he seems to have taken to governance by inane TikTok-first soundbites as his preferred method of leading the country. He’s been vocal about important matters like ranking pub confectionery and the difference between a barm and a butty. He also ‘revealed’ his favourite Greggs…

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