How a day at the footy built the political career of Britain's new PM

Britain has a new left-leaning Prime Minister in Andy Burnham, and per ABC News, he's seizing the same wave of public discontent that's lifted Nigel Farage on the populist right—though steering it toward a very different agenda. Australia should be paying attention: the comparison suggests that shared grievances don't automatically push voters in one political direction.

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