HIS Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, has sent a cable of congratulations to Andy Burnham, on the occasion of his appointment as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Burnham became Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade yesterday, pledging to reshape its politics to deliver a new economic model and revive a nation ‘fed up’ with a revolving door of leaders.
In front of dozens of supporters outside his new office and residence at 10 Downing Street, Burnham said politicians had failed to bring the stability needed to raise living standards, something he said he would change, with both immediate measures and a longer-term plan to be drawn up later this year.
Speaking without notes, Burnham delivered a domestic-focused speech aimed at offering hope to a nation that has, like many European countries, struggled for years with soaring prices and anaemic economic growth. He did not touch on foreign affairs.
And with his first appointment as finance minister, Burnham pressed home his decision to rip up politics as usual. He appointed former defence minister John Healey new finance minister and energy secretary Ed Miliband was named foreign secretary.
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