At Labour Conference last year:
“I want to rejoin the EU. I hope it happens in my lifetime… I believe in the unions of all kinds. The union of the UK. The European Union, and the benefits it brought this country. Trade unions… People prosper more when they’re part of unions. That’s my belief, and I’ll say it clearly.”
“Look at the last decade – shouldn’t we start calling out the disaster that Brexit has been more directly? I think we should. We’ve been stuck now with sluggish growth, and all of our aspirations now are harder to achieve as a country. We are in a bad position, the growth isn’t there.”
In his leadership pitch with the New Statesman Burnham said Labour should be making “a stronger argument about Brexit having been a mistake.” Tell us how you really feel…
Makerfield voted 65% Leave in 2016 and was 75th most Leave-heavy voting seat. Labour’s majority in Makerfield in 2024 was 5,399 with Reform coming second at 12,000 to Simons’ 18,000. Another strongly held position Andy will have to pop back in the drawer for this by-election…
Kemi Badenoch at the 1922-ConHome bash last night:
“I did praise [Burnham] for his stamina, it was amazing. All I had to do was sit back and lie there. I didn’t have to do anything at all…”