Stephen Harrington

“Stephen Harrington was Andy Burnham's teacher in the late 1980s”

“He needed a lot of persuading to apply because he felt that as a working-class boy, going off to Cambridge wasn't for him.”

“He didn't believe in himself, but he did it, and the rest is history.”

“He couldn't be more thankful towards me, Harrington said, adding that Burnham had even travelled from London to attend his retirement from St Aelred's in 2003.”