Chris Mason
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UK believes Iran involved in RAF Fairford incident, Burnham says (opens the original)
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The government believes that Iran played a part in the RAF Fairford incident which resulted in five men being arrested and then bailed, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said. "There are strong indications that Iran played a part in what happened over the weekend at RAF Fairford," he told the BBC. He did not provide further details. Tehran has strongly denied any involvement. Burnham's comments come after it emerged that one of the five men had dialled 999 himself before the group were arrested. A
Chris Mason: Andy Burnham delivers deeply political speech with a personal core (opens the original)
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The key thing to understand about Andy Burnham's speech is these were the words and the delivery of both a new prime minister and a grieving son. Burnham is living through two life-shaping, even life-defining moments right now – becoming and adjusting to being prime minister during the final weeks of his dad Roy's life, and preparing his speech while dealing with the grief of his loss. The funeral will take place in a few days' time. Reflections on his dad's life and influence formed the persona
Chris Mason: Burnham opens debate on huge issue of social care reform (opens the original)
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Conference speech day is always a big day for a prime minister, and perhaps no bigger than when it is your first one in the role. The pitch from Andy Burnham is that "hope comes from honesty," there needs to be "less drift and more direction" and there needs to be a willingness to say "the things politicians usually avoid." On Sunday, he told the BBC he wants to shake up social care in England, but would only be able to do so after a general election given he was committed to the tax promises Si
Burnham brands ban on football fans drinking alcohol in stands as 'discrimination' (opens the original)
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Andy Burnham has branded a ban on fans being allowed to drink alcohol in the stands during men's football matches as "discrimination". The prime minister told reporters that "I don't think it's fair for football fans to be singled out", as he suggested a change could be trialled. Laws are in place which prevent drinking in view of the pitch at stadiums for clubs in the top five tiers of men's football in England. Other sports do not face such a restriction. The Football Supporters' Association (
Chris Mason: From inside the room, how Burnham survived first Trump meeting (opens the original)
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As I crouched between the cameras, determined to catch Donald Trump's eye and ask a question, I listened to a president seeking to be magnanimous. Remember, Trump can and does do warmth when he wants to, as well as acerbic. Prime Minister Andy Burnham, a mayor a matter of months ago, sat next to the most powerful man in the world. Put like that, it sounds believable when he said in advance he was looking forward to the meeting, but there must have been a jab of nerves too. Burnham did look a lit
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