Former Westminster insider turned Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham appears set on portraying himself as a man-of-the-people economic populist fighting for working-class interests against the legacy of Margaret Thatcher in the upcoming special election, which may determine the political landscape in Britain for years to come.

Burnham, a Cambridge University graduate and veteran of both the Tony Blair and Gordon Brown governments, has spent the past decade crafting his image as the so-called “King in the North” and distancing himself from the political establishment in London, despite having operated in its swamps for much of his career.

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