Foreign Affairs Test Andy Burnham's Top Team

What a difference a change of leader makes. When news broke last week that two prisoners convicted for killing a policeman in the line of duty were to be the beneficiaries of an early prison-release program, the new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham immediately halted the process, saying nothing was more important than public safety. Keir Starmer would have dithered for days while the newspapers and social media tore into a government “soft on crime.”