Outside Downing Street, Britain’s new prime minister struck the right notes. Now he and his cabinet need to be brave A 1970s adage attributed to the former Tory chancellor Reginald Maudling maintained that Britain was essentially a Conservative country that sometimes voted Labour. That was alwa...
Source: [Guardian Politics](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/20/the-guardian-view-on-andy-burnhams-first-day-the-right-vision-but-time-is-of-the-essence)