Labour’s Messiah without a mandate Andy Burnham was spotted dad-dancing along to his favourite Manchester band as he prepared to become Prime Minister on Friday, as he prepares to push the nation to the left and roll back Thatcherism.

The MP for Makerfield was filmed dancing and clapping along to True Faith by New Order, which – perhaps purposefully – contains the line ‘I used to think that the day would never come’.

And as the veteran – and loser – of two previous Labour leadership contests, the words could not be more aptly put.

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