“But I do say to my own party, this is a final chance to change. This is what people said directly to me on the hundreds of doorsteps that I stood on. We must hear it, we must act upon it and we must get it right. There will be no second chance.”
— Andy Burnham
What needs to change in the Labour Party, in your opinion?
Less infighting for a start.
That’s the curse of a massive majority. Is he the man to nail tender parts to the wall? I hope so.
They can stop following where the Pied Piper Farage has been leading them, Step One!
Stop living in fear and lead.
Oh, and stop saying “absolutely clear”,
It would be nice if he spoke to the electorate as if they’re intelligent human beings and made them feel involved. Tell them what’s really going on with the economy, for instance.
I already feel invoiced. 
Thank you, I’ve done an edit. My left arm and hand aren’t completely better yet.
Not so much of what he should do, but anyone selling or thinking of selling assets - second homes etc, should do it quickly as he, Andy, is a good left wning stalwart of a 45% CGT.
Be careful of this guy - despite the ‘I am an ordinary bloke’ label, he is pretty radical and changes his stance at the drop of a hat - and remember, he has failed on two previous attempts at the top job.,
If the UK nation believes that it’s ‘time for a change’ then Burnham is a better option that Farrage, no?
Is Burnham seen as dangerous or radical left then? I truly don’t know. I view the UK from a distance these days, a detached one at that, I’ve no idea what the prevalent attitudes are.
Which means nothing, TBH. Times change and he is in the ascendant at the moment.
Whether he will be a good PM is debatable but not influenced by his previous failure to land the top job - except perhaps to improve his readiness. Whether Labour should damage itself in this way is less debatable (IMO) but there is also room for a conversation there.
Yes he is, I agree. But maybe the UK needs a change that is only a little left..
It will help if whatever change is made to the UK involves getting back on track with its largest trading partner, but he has had change his ideas on this due to choosing maybe the worst possible constituency to represent 
Labour needs to acknowledge that their current period of government is probably going to be the last of any colour with an unassailable majority.
With that in mind they need to ditch the undemocratic first-past-the-post system & replace it with a truly proportional voting system that as much as possible reflects what the electorate believe in. I loath having to vote tactically but the present system makes that a necessary evil for many people.
Of course, true PR will probably create a future of coalition governments, which is no bad thing. Better to have some dithering & compromise than being ruled by unrepresentative extremes.
If they also used their last ‘majority’ (it actually isn’t of course) to turn the lords into an elected revising chamber then the UK might have a chance of not descending into a place ruled by those who shout the loudest & hold the most vile views.
I thought he was talking about the single market and customs union very recently.
He was until he realised Makerfield is strong brexit…then had to back track.
Yes, typical of him, and what got him where he is now should be illegal. For a man to stand for election to serve his people for a full parliament and then give it away on a crooked construction to get rid of a bloke who, though not directly elected to the top job, was necessarily elected by people who knew he would be. Stinks.
In reality, the options are very limited, a radial move to the left from day one and Labour are toast in 2029 so all he can really do to start with are a few tweaks to current policy that will not make him and the government more unpopular. Starmer alienated voters within months of being in No.10, Burnham needs to gain their trust and then slowly use the huge majority to make the required meaningful changes.
I have a feeling he will learn what many before him have done - it is rather harder to do the actual job, than it is to criticise from the sidelines or opposition benches.
If he learned from Starmer’s mistakes it would help.
