“I would rather have some irritating subscriptions than the huge things just being ignored.” Andy Burnham’s August tour around Britain is “not helpful” and only focusing on “small” problems rather than the most pressing ones, says Times Columnist Libby Purves. Libby Purves and Patrick Kidd were speaking to Ed Vaizey on Times Radio. Listen live every day, 10am-1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/