mayor
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“He would comfortably say that he has become more radical over time,” said Neal Lawson, who worked with Burnham under Brown and has advised the former mayor on his current run for power.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026
He made a name for himself as the mayor of Manchester, a northern city that has seen rapid economic growth in the last decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
He said whoever becomes mayor after the election, which will be held on 30 July, would find Burnham was "a hard act to follow".
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
Burnham, a former government minister who has been Greater Manchester mayor since 2017, ensured his return to parliament by easily beating the hard-right Reform UK party's candidate in the Makerfield constituency in northwest England.
From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026
The mayor and I settled down on a couple of old log ends set up like stools.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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