Don’t be a bottler, Burnham

The next PM should learn from Gordon Brown’s mistake and call an early election

Gordon Brown, who declined to call an election after becoming prime minister in 2007 (Wikimedia Commons)

On 17 July, through a coronation rather than a contest, Andy Burnham will become prime minister. Attention has already turned to a different question: should he call an early election?

Reform and the Conservatives, despite their humblings in Makerfield…