I heard one thing loud and clear in Andy Burnham’s landmark speech: the left has won the arguments | Owen Jones

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When it comes to rhetoric, who can now deny that the left has won the argument? The challenge now is to make his project progressive in word and deed As Andy Burnham delivered his conference speech to the Labour faithful yesterday, it was hard not to recall Jeremy Corbyn's words after the party's shattering 2019 election defeat. "I am proud that on austerity, on corporate power, on inequality and the climate emergency," he wrote for this publication, "we have won the arguments and rewritten the terms of political debate." Given Boris Johnson's 80-seat majority, widespread mockery ensued.

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The challenge now is to make his project progressive in word and deed As Andy Burnham delivered his conference speech to the Labour faithful yesterday, it was hard not to recall Jeremy Corbyn's words after the party's shattering 2019 election defeat. "I am proud that on austerity, on corporate power, on inequality and the climate emergency," he wrote for this publication, "we have won the arguments and rewritten the terms of political debate." Given Boris Johnson's 80-seat majority, widespread mockery ensued. Order your copy at the Guardian bookshop Continue reading...