"It sticks in my throat somewhat to have people who have just arrived on the scene to be throwing some of the comments at me that they have done, he said. I did everything I possibly could to make this conference a success, and I would suggest more people did."
"I can't launch a leadership campaign, I'm not in parliament, he said. So that's the bottom line."
"I'm not going to go and say every conversation I have with every MP. I have many conversations with MPs."
"There is nothing progressive, nothing Labour, about government using one in every 10 of public money it spends on financing debt interest."
Andy Burnham rejected criticism from Labour colleagues who accused him of attempting a pre-emptive putsch against the party leader at a conference overshadowed by leadership speculation. He said the criticism 'sticks in my throat' and defended his efforts to make the conference a success. Burnham repeatedly refused to confirm whether he had spoken with Labour MPs about returning to Westminster and challenging the leadership, saying he could not launch a leadership campaign because he is not in parliament. He declined to detail private conversations with MPs. Chancellor Rachel Reeves criticised his comments on bond markets and warned against high public debt interest costs; Burnham pushed back.
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