As if Miliband’s week couldn’t get any worse, ambitious Andy Burnham has just managed not one but two standing ovations in a very well-received speech in the Labour conference hall:
Good tub-thumping leadership bid speech by Andy Burnham, I mean oration on health reforms.
— Jim Pickard 🐋 (@PickardJE) September 24, 2014
Ecstatic response for Andy Burnham neatly rounds off Ed Miliband's week from hell.
— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) September 24, 2014
Andy Burnham got best reception of any shadow cabinet minister this week – true darling of the activists.
— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) September 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/Markfergusonuk/status/514730396601552896
Imagine that went down like a cup of cold sick in Miliband’s hotel room…