Andy Burnham: We should/shouldn’t attack Jeremy Corbyn

At least Andy Burnham is keeping us all on his toes with his leadership campaign. If you’d stopped paying attention to the Labour leadership election for a couple of hours, you might be forgiven for thinking that the Shadow Health Secretary thinks it is a bad idea to attack Jeremy Corbyn. This is what he had to say on the matter yesterday:

‘I would say the attacks we’ve seen on Jeremy I think misread the mood of the party because what people are saying is they’re crying out for something different, they are fed up with the way politics has been, particularly the way Labour has been conducting politics in recent times. They want a bigger vision that can inspire and excite them, they want something more to sell on the doorstep at election time, and that’s what I’ve offered…my manifesto is dropping through letterboxes today, it’s a radical vision for the future of the party and the country but crucially it’s got credibility at its heart, I’m saying how I’m going to pay for everything.