Streeting: Burnham is better than Blair at talking to the public

BRUSSELS — U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham is better at talking to the public than Tony Blair, Wes Streeting asserts — and it’s a reason why a serious conversation about reversing Brexit could begin within weeks. Speaking to POLITICO during a European swing through Brussels and Berlin on Monday, the British defense secretary said that while Blair was a “generational political leader,” the former Labour leader lacked Burnham’s “conversational style” which will be useful when helping discuss the “trauma” of Brexit. Burnham, who inherited active discussions from his predecessor Keir Starmer about resetting Britain's relationship with the EU, has said that he hopes Britain will rejoin the bloc within his lifetime . The British PM is 56.