Louise Burne: From tension with Sunak to warmer ties under Starmer — where will Burnham fit?

Amid the Brexit chaos, Keir Starmer deserves much credit for helping improve Irish-Anglo relations. Ireland will be paying close attention to his heir apparent, Andy Burnham

Then taoiseach Simon Harris and British prime minister Keir Starmer with their team shirts at Farmleigh House ahead of the Republic of Ireland v England match on September 7, 2024. File picture

Just a fortnight after he became British prime minister, Keir Starmer sat on wicker garden furniture, sinking pints of (questionable looking) Guinness with then taoiseach Simon Harris in the Chequers sunshine.

It was July 2024. Harris had become taoiseach in April, and both men were finding their feet running their countries.