Andy Burnham set out a vision of council houses, factories and state control of the major utilities to an adoring crowd of local Labour activists.

"Reform will try to turn frustration into division. Labour must answer with policy, purpose and delivery. Greater Manchester deserves a mayor who builds on Mr Burnham’s legacy,…

In Burham's Britain, there will be "good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart." But platitudes aside, this agenda is deeply radical.