Burnham’s first conference - is there really hope again?
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Burnham’s first conference - is there really hope again?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 28, 202635 min

There's a surprising buoyancy at Labour conference this year. For all the warnings of the grim economic backdrop and the myriad challenges facing Andy Burnham, his message of 'Hope Again' does seem to have registered, at least with the party faithful at Liverpool. But John Healey couldn't really sell sunlit uplands in his speech today - he was at pains to point out that this is NOT the 1990s. And a potential diesel export ban from Donald Trump could make things a whole lot bleaker. Can Burnham sail through this conference on vibes? And if...

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This is a global production. It's day one of the Labour Party conference, the Chancellor has just spoken and the mood has been transformed. Nothing has changed in the country, but at the top of the Labour Party there is a new

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Prime Minister and the slogan is hope again. Hope again and yet in many ways the speech that the new Chancellor just gave was anything but hopeful. you could feel the clouds gathering over the political and economic horizon.

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