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In full: Burnham gives first speech as PM

Andy Burnham will officially become Labour leader today and speculation is amounting about his Cabinet.

The prime minister-in-waiting has pledged to be “unashamedly Labour” and have the “courage to f

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Who’s the dude with him?
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@neo433 From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 1
I’m willing to give him a chance , he seems one of us for us. Good luck Andy 🎉
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why has,nt he used the back door to number 10!!! must be for the camera,s......
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His mrs hates it already
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Best wishes.
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So thats four PMs out if last six unelected?
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is he 10 foot 6 or those mics a bit low
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@JerotZen From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 13
He's going to walk through that door and a man in a grey suit from the civil service will be waiting, as they do with all of our leaders, and tell him exactly what he is going to do.
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Hilarious that his opening speech is basically "I have no plan, but maybe by the end of the year I'll have one." Maybe if they had an actual leadership election he'd have a better idea of what he's going to do!
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Is Andy Pandy a Fabian ..we should be told which drumbeat he marches to
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@BimBap-m5n From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 13
He even looks like the starrminator
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@BimBap-m5n From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 10
This guy was consideted third rate two decades ago.
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Steve Bray still managed to ruin it
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Bro looks like a temu Keir Starmer
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@SNAFU2U From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 2
When a tyrant first appears they present themselves as benevolent.
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@UAdair From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 18
At this point it is farce. A General Election should be called immediately.
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Come let’s give the guy a chance. I get fed up of the media and people being so negative. He might be terrible but surely let’s let him prove it first?
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@CLeahM58 From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 7
God help the British people
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They'll give him 2 weeks do undo 14 years of Tory destruction like they gave Starmer. Not saying he's the right man, but most of this country is too dumb to vote.
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@SteeeV-q8t From YouTube ↗ 20 Jul 2026 25
Speech begins at 35:35