From Blair to Burnham, jogging as political metaphor has just run and run

Andy Burnham outside his house in Warrington, Cheshire. Politicians, as we know, love a metaphor. But do they have to be so literal? No sooner had the Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham , announced that he wanted to run for parliament than … Look! Out he popped from his house on Friday morning in jogging gear, because he’s full of energy and on the right track and hitting the ground running and … oh, do keep up. …