Written September 2026 I didn’t tune in to Andy Burnham’s conference speech, and I have just watched a couple of clips on social media (which both seemed to offer more emoting and teariness than I can really take from the political class). I decided to read the speech on the Labour Party website but I do have to admit it couldn’t hold my attention all the way through. Speeches are meant to be listened to rather than read I suppose. We are assured that Burnham is an impressive communicator, and perhaps by the standards of today’s political discourse he is,...