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Andy Burnham: “There is a path that carries on and makes Britain look more and more like the United States of America, and we do not…”

On the recordJune 23, 2026
There is a path that carries on and makes Britain look more and more like the United States of America, and we do not, in my view, want to end up there, where people can’t talk to each other in the street.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party
Source
rte.ie

Editor's note · Context

Warning against the politics of his competitor.

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