Just over two months into his tenure as prime minister, Andy Burnham received widespread praise for his first speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. The Financial Times described his vision as "courageous"; broadcaster Piers Morgan said the speech was "one of the best, and most powerfully delivered, by a British politician in a very long time", and journalist Andrew Marr said he remembered seeing Tony Blair speak, but "Andy Burnham might be better".

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