SNP tries to lure Burnham onto its stage as PM prepares for first major Scotland visit this week
John Swinney and Andy Burnham, who is set to travel to Scotland on 23 July to challenge the SNP on devolution, with his visit timed to coincide with the nationalists' annual conference in Aberdeen.
Andy Burnham's first major public visit to Scotland falls this week, timed to coincide with the SNP conference — a scheduling choice his critics describe as a deliberate attempt to steal the Nationalists' thunder. The SNP has responded by inviting Burnham to address their Aberdeen gathering, a gambit analysts regard as a no-lose trap for the party.
Refusing the invitation would expose Burnham to SNP accusations of ducking debate; accepting would give the Nationalists the spectacle of the PM answering their questions on their own turf.
