Andy Burnham with the parliamentary Labour party after his swearing in as an MP, 22 June 2026. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Bogglingly, Andy Burnham didn’t even wait to become prime minister before organising yesterday’s ludicrous photo of him standing in Westminster Hall, backdropped by hundreds of fawning Labour MPs, like Dorothy surrounded by the munchkins. Or like the bit in Return of the Jedi where the detestably cutesy Ewoks worship C-3PO as a god.