Andy Burnham Might Be OK

He looks the part, and sounds nice. He likes The Smiths, and would like you to know that he goes out running, despite being from The North. We like that about him. That'll do for now.

All we really need is a guy who's not the other guy. Or that other fella, or that lady, or the one who may have lived on a boat, or the one who is only on telly if there's a sponsored wing-walk to be braved or a bath of baked beans to sit in. Or that Oxbridge comedian type who is also a bin from the future.

As long as he has zero time for those other, altogether more horrible men who wear balaclavas despite it being unseasonably mild for the time of year, and mistake the Pakistan U19 cricket squad for 'illegal immigrants' on the street, we think Andy is fine.

In the world we live in, mighty and august organs like the BBC struggles for impartiality and relevance, which is sad. It might be up to us to decide what's right or wrong for a while, if the media can’t do it. If we can just calm down for a bit, watch out for each other and, y'know, be OK and hang on in there, things will get better. Patience everybody. Patience.