Did Andy Burnham just deliver one of the great political speeches?
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Did Andy Burnham just deliver one of the great political speeches?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 29, 202633 min

Andy Burnham promised a speech of substance and he was true to his word. Big announcements on social care, the triple lock, electoral reform, the water industry, the EU - all tied together in a deeply emotional and passionate speech about his vision for Britain. If anyone in Labour had any lingering doubts about toppling Keir Starmer, Burnham put those to bed in an hour and ten minutes on stage in Liverpool. Will it be enough to save Labour? Has his pledge to end the triple lock to fund social care become a stick to beat him...

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The United Kingdom, my dad represented, is the one I believe in.

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This is a global production. The United Kingdom, my dad represented, is the one I believe in. A union of nations that gave trade unions and the cooperative movement to the world. The National Health Service, a country that stood up to fascism,

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a country of solidarity, not separation. that's the Britain that my dad represented. Andy Bohenham had just concluded his first speech at a Labour Party conference as Labour leader and Prime Minister.

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It was one of the most remarkable conference speeches, certainly, that I've ever heard. It was making a political and intellectual case for the state, for social democracy,

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