Burnham’s New Direction

‘Reform’s Crypto Millions Expose the Choice Facing Burnham in Rebuilding Britain’s Democracy’

Neoliberalism has always been about who controls the tenets of our political economy, writes Labour’s Clive Lewis MP

Andy Burnham’s Conference speech showed socialist ideas have re-established a bridgehead in mainstream politics. Greater public ownership of essentials, electoral reform, and a new relationship with Europe offer the beginnings of a different future. Two years ago, many of us would have bitten his hand off for such a speech. We should welcome it.

But we should also recognise what now hangs on its delivery.