If Andy Burnham was preparing to call a snap general election next year, then his first conference speech as Labour leader would have been brave and bold.
Confirmation of his commitment to establishing a new national social care system. The abolition of the current pensions triple lock. A pledge to introduce a new system of proportional representation for Westminster.
Up until this moment, mystery had shrouded his plans for Government, and the nation. His strategy had been one of cautious incrementalism. A cap on bus fares. A small cut to household electricity bills.
But the charge that ‘no-one knows what Andy Burnham stands
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