UK Prime Minister Fails First Leadership Test

The publication links Burnham's failure to his inconsistent stance on the early release of the killers of police officer Andrew Harper (2019). Initially, he suspended early release nationwide, then a few weeks later resumed it, limiting the restriction only to violent offenders. After criticism, he changed his position again, stating there was a way to keep these specific criminals in prison but did not specify what it was. "This dizzying shift in positions hardly resembles firm leadership," the newspaper notes.