Andy Burnham Quotes

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Andy Burnham (born 7 January 1970) is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party since July 2026. He was previously the Member of Parliament for Leigh from 2001 to 2017, during which period he was Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2007-2008), Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2008-2009) and Secretary of State for Health (2009-2010).

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I want Labour solidly to be the party of working class people and working class communities and that requires a lot of change.

Count Binface, you are carrying the hopes of the nation. Don't let us down.

We've been on a path for 40 years that simply hasn't worked...this is now the change moment

Long term, I’m going to be honest, I'm going to say it, I want to rejoin it. Look, I hope in my lifetime I see this country rejoin the European Union.

What we've seen today is a deliberate act of levelling down. I don't believe we can proceed through this pandemic by grinding people down. We need to carry them with us, not crush their spirit.

My view is Brexit has been damaging, but the last thing we should do is revisit these arguments. I’m not proposing the UK [should] rejoin the EU. I respect the referendum.

I accept I may pay a political price. But someone has to go through the pain barrier and rip the plaster off.
This change will generate significant savings which we will use to build up our national care service.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Andy Burnham (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.