Opinion Emily Sheffield Fri, September 19, 2025 at 12:18 p.m. UTC 4 min read For the self-styled monarch of the North, Andy Burnham, the outcome today of the state banquet is clear: any hoped-for bid for No 10 has just been kicked into touch by the actual King of England. Such was the buoyant, deferent mood of Donald Trump on the back of his glittering Windsor stay, the press conference at Chequers yesterday passed with barely a whiff of controversy.