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Andy Burnham: “Things are just completely coming full circle here for me, and to be here with you all in the heart of Manchester this…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2026
Things are just completely coming full circle here for me, and to be here with you all in the heart of Manchester this Friday morning, at the end of a fairly big week, is just everything to me because it’s almost exactly 35 years since I left this city as a recently graduated young man who couldn’t find a job in the city.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party

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Reflecting on his return to Manchester after 35 years.

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