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== Political views ==

== Political views ==

Despite being Catholic, Burnham appears unapprehensive in supporting [[abortion]].<ref>[https://highprofiles.info/interview/andy-burnham/ High profiles interview Andy Burnham]</ref>  

Andy Burnham has expressed contradictory views on the [[European Union]]. In 2016, immediately before the referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union (in which the vote to leave won), Burnham stated that a vote to leave would lead not only to the breakup of the European Union, but of the United Kingdom too. Later that year, Burnham criticised middle-class champagne socialist Labour-Remain voters who smeared those who voted Leave as uneducated or xenophobic. In 2025, Burnham appeared to support re-joining the European union, having this to say: "Long-term, I’m going to be honest, I’m going to say it, I want to rejoin it. Look, I hope in my lifetime I see this country rejoin the European Union". In May 2026, after putting himself forward for by-election in Makerfield, Burnham said during a speech in Leeds that he "respected" the Leave vote of 10 years prior, and that he would not campaign to take the UK back into the EU.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/05/18/burnhams-changing-views-on-rejoining-european-union/ Burnham’s changing views on rejoining the EU]</ref>

Andy Burnham has expressed contradictory views on the [[European Union]]. In 2016, immediately before the referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union (in which the vote to leave won), Burnham stated that a vote to leave would lead not only to the breakup of the European Union, but of the United Kingdom too. Later that year, Burnham criticised middle-class champagne socialist Labour-Remain voters who smeared those who voted Leave as uneducated or xenophobic. In 2025, Burnham appeared to support re-joining the European union, having this to say: "Long-term, I’m going to be honest, I’m going to say it, I want to rejoin it. Look, I hope in my lifetime I see this country rejoin the European Union". In May 2026, after putting himself forward for by-election in Makerfield, Burnham said during a speech in Leeds that he "respected" the Leave vote of 10 years prior, and that he would not campaign to take the UK back into the EU.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/05/18/burnhams-changing-views-on-rejoining-european-union/ Burnham’s changing views on rejoining the EU]</ref>

Andy Burnham was accused in 2013 of promoting a [[conspiracy theory]] that the Coalition government of the [[Tory Party|Tories]] and [[Liberal Democrats]] were deliberately portraying the [[NHS]] in a negative light, and had an agenda of privatisation and marketisation of the NHS.<ref>[https://spectator.com/article/angry-burnham-hits-back/ Angry Burnham hits back]</ref>  

He self-identifies as  a [[feminist]].<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/andy-burnham/11796017/Andy-Burnham-Im-a-gay-rights-feminist-football-loving-Catholic-kind-of-guy.html</ref>

He self-identifies as  a [[feminist]].<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/andy-burnham/11796017/Andy-Burnham-Im-a-gay-rights-feminist-football-loving-Catholic-kind-of-guy.html</ref>

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