Cast your vote on the biggest talking points of the day, every dayFinal results will be announced in tomorrow's poll See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy DAILY MAIL REPORTER Published: 12:00 BST, 30 June 2026 | Updated: 12:46 BST, 30 June 2026
Andy Burnham said he wants to revive the 'working-class aspiration' he remembered from his childhood in the 1970s.The would-be prime minister set out a Left-wing manifesto, including a new wave of council-house building, a focus on factory jobs and state control of the utilities.Mr Burnham said: 'Let me just take you back to the 1970s… when we were growing up here amongst the friends we had at school, there were two things that were the foundations of working-class aspiration: a council home, a secure home that was the foundation for everything, and then good technical education.'Those things have been taken away in the decades since, so no wonder so many young people struggle to make it work… don't blame them, blame ourselves.'But do you think Mr Burnham can make his pledge a reality? Vote in our latest poll:
In yesterday's poll, Mail readers were asked: 'Will Britain go in a 'new direction' under Andy Burnham, as he promises?' Out of more than 16,000 votes, 86 per cent of you said 'no' and 14 per cent said 'yes'.
