Tuesday briefing: Could Burnham take Britain back towards the EU?

In today’s newsletter: The prime minister is calling for closer ties with the EU, but what could this actually amount to? Good morning. After a holiday spent contracting nursery bugs from an 11-month-old, it’s good to return. Yesterday, Andy Burnham marked his first day back after party conference by calling for a closer relationship with the EU and drawing a line under a decade of “drift and division”. On Sunday, he said it was “clear” the Kremlin had been involved with the 2016 Brexit referendum vote. Both statements mark a break, rhetorically at least, from his predecessors. Conservative…