Political Quotes

We need to move forward. This country is crying out for [Burnham’s] leadership. He needs to get sworn in and after that we need to look at the leadership and make sure we can form a good cohesive Labour government on the back of it.

I’m optimistic that can happen really quickly.

It is a national tragedy that we come here year after year to raise these issues in this House, and this Bank Holiday heatwave must be a turning point in the way that the government approaches this.

This should be a proper discussion about how we do this incredibly well. It shouldn’t be about punitive measures, of course.