The Times continues: “Burnham lays blame on Brexit for UK’s woes”, in addition to the Conservative Party legacies of Thatcher and austerity. “Political power was centralised, economic power privatised, the country deindustrialised,” is Burnham’s “diagnosis” of the country’s economic problems. Elsewhere on the front page, Amal and George Clooney are captured arriving by boat for Venice’s 83rd film festival “where the actor will receive a lifetime achievement award”.
