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Revolt into style: Andy Burnham’s ‘King of the North’ jacket, an exhibit at the People’s History Museum

In Uncategorized on June 29, 2026 by kmflett

Andy Burnham gave a major policy speech at the People’s History Museum on 29th June.

He was dressed in trademark jacket and dark T.

He already has a place in the Museum. A jacket he wore in 2020 at the peak of the COVID crisis and which saw him dubbed King of the North is an exhibit

Collections Display – People’s History Museum: The national museum of democracy

The style is impeccable but turning policy into meaningful change will require the second half of the traditional labour movement slogan, the past we inherit the future we build. Building in this case will require organisation and campaigning from below, something the People’s History Museum rightly documents going back to Peterloo in 1819 and before

Collections Display – People’s History Museum: The national museum of democracy

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