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Andy Burnham holds back tears as he pays tribute to his late father at Labour conference

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00:00Whatever its flaws, this country gave my dad a good life.
00:07And it has given his sons opportunities he didn't get for himself.
00:13He recognised that and was grateful for it.
00:17And so proud of what Nick, John and I did with them.
00:22If only, if only he had been able to appreciate that moment of the family in Downing Street.
00:32The son of a man who failed his 11 plus, becoming Prime Minister.
00:38He could have gone to university himself.
00:42But times were different then, so it wasn't an option.
00:46But he voted every time, religiously, for the Labour governments which changed education.
00:53So his sons could do that.
00:58The United Kingdom my dad represented is the one I believe in.
01:02A union of nations that gave trade unions and the co-operative movement to the world.
01:10The National Health Service.
01:13A country that stood up to fascism.
01:16A country of solidarity, not separation.
01:21That's the Britain that my dad represented.

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