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Britain has become addicted to pressing the ‘new PM’ button – and I don’t see how Burnham avoids it | Jonathan Liew

He’s almost certain to become the UK’s seventh leader in a decade. And with the rightwing press and the algorithm against him, he’s basically a meat sacrificeCurrent state of British democracy: the guy who puts out the resignation lectern in front of No 10 is now so familiar that

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