Political weather forecast – cliché showers blundering in from the north

Burnham vows to restore Labour’s ‘broad church’ in pledge to MPs

Andy Burnham has made a pitch to Labour MPs promising a change of culture in the way their views are valued after some complained that Keir Starmer had presided over “a reign of terror”.

In a one-candidate leadership hustings to MPs over Zoom on Monday evening, The Independent understands that Mr Burnham emphasised his desire to recognise that Labour “is a broad church” with a wide range of views.

A chap is bound to be uneasy about the use of clichés such as 'broad church' though. What do Fabian disciples worship these days apart from power? Do they still worship the wolf? 

As we know, the original Fabian Society coat of arms was a wolf in sheep's clothing. An early decision to run on clichés perhaps, a decision they seem to have taken to heart, but that's another cliché.