{"id":361449,"date":"2026-05-27T20:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=361449"},"modified":"2026-05-27T20:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:11:07","slug":"andy-burnham-accuses-tony-blair-of-failing-to-understand-modern-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=361449","title":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham accuses Tony Blair of failing to understand modern politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.standard.co.uk\/2026\/05\/27\/17\/5173b1c2861964dc08bace8e6b1fcd67Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc5OTgyOTk2-2.84709441.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mr Streeting, another potential leadership challenger, wrote in The Guardian: \u201cAcross thousands of words about technology, geopolitics and political strategy, the defining issue of our age is barely confronted at all. 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