The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Sir Keir's allies have drawn up proposals for a six-month handover to would-be successor Mr Burnham - including one final Budget for Chancellor Rachel Reeves .
The negative - even hostile - response of many Labour politicians to Blair's critique of the Government tells you everything you need to know about where today's party stands on the key issues.
In Makerfield, countless girls endured horrific abuse at the hands of those predators. Yet now Burnham seeks to use the very communities he failed so badly to catapult himself to power.
In an essay published yesterday, Andy Burnham gave us his prospectus for government. If he becomes prime minister, he wants to take us back to the 1970s.