For too long, only the right has expanded the boundaries of what governments can do. Can Burnham change that? | Andy Beckett
Ed Miliband and Andy Burnham at the Labour party conference, Liverpool, 27 September 2026. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAView image in fullscreenEd Miliband and Andy Burnham at the Labour party conference, Liverpool, 27 September 2026. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAOpinionAndy BurnhamFor too long, only the right has expanded the boundaries of what governments can do.
- ▪Ed Miliband and Andy Burnham at the Labour party conference, Liverpool, 27 September 2026.
- ▪Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAView image in fullscreenEd Miliband and Andy Burnham at the Labour party conference, Liverpool, 27 September 2026.
- ▪Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAOpinionAndy BurnhamFor too long, only the right has expanded the boundaries of what governments can do.
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Ed Miliband and Andy Burnham at the Labour party conference, Liverpool, 27 September 2026. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAView image in fullscreenEd Miliband and Andy Burnham at the Labour party conference, Liverpool, 27 September 2026. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAOpinionAndy BurnhamFor too long, only the right has expanded the boundaries of what governments can do. Can Burnham change that?Andy BeckettThe PM might come across as a nice bloke but he is politically ruthless. He will need to be if he is to turn big talk into big changesFri 2 Oct 2026 05.00 EDTShareHow much can a Labour government change the country? According to many voters, journalists and politicians, including plenty in the party itself, the answer to that stubbornly recurring question has always been: not that much.
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