Britain’s politics has been overrun with populist party leaders in recent years. Nigel Farage has referred to himself as the ‘father of populism’. Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘for the many, not the few’ rhetoric is typical of populists. The new Green party leader, Zack Polanski, was elected on a mandate to turn the Greens into an ‘eco-populist’ party. And now we have Andy Burnham. The Mayor of Manchester has desperately tried to curry favour with the popular left over the last decade. Does Britain really need another populist?

What sets Farage, Corbyn and Polanski apart from Burnham is that they each have a concrete political identity. Farage is clearly a right-wing nationalist; Corbyn identifies as a socialist; Polanski presents himself as a social justice campaigner. Burnham is less consistent. He

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