Andy Burnham thinks Tony Blair is missing something, and he is being too polite to say it is a few screws. He thinks that the former prime minister’s essay published on Wednesday morning fails to take account of the declining living standards that many people have experienced since the financial crisis of 2008/09. It is this frustration, he says, which is driving anger on the streets of Makerfield and elsewhere, and you can’t win an election unless you understand that.