Andy Burnham Articles

David Cameron’s referendum gamble confronts Labour with a stark choice. It is one that will test the mettle and quality of the candidates seeking the party leadership. For the tactical opportunist, the referendum offers multiple opportunities. Labour can seek to...

Last night’s Newsnight Labour leadership hustings in Nuneaton marked the closing of the parliamentary Labour party’s nomination process and fired the starting pistol for the ‘proper campaign’. Generally the format of the programme did not allow for debate or a clash...

Last night was the first hustings with the confirmed leadership candidates. Filmed for Newsnight in Nuneaton, it was the first chance to see how they would perform on television and with a less party oriented audience. The audience included people who were open to...

'Progress is easily the most effective of the organisations seeking to influence Labour', write Francis Beckett, David Hencke and Nick Kochan in Blair Inc. While I think my colleagues and I do a excellent job – promoting debate, published an excellent magazine and...