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Andy Burnham says Hillsborough heckling made him fall out of love with Westminster

Being heckled over the Hillsborough disaster was the moment Andy Burnham realised he had fallen out of love with Westminster politics.

The Liverpool-born mayor of Manchester was culture secretary in Gordon Brown’s government when fans interrupted his speech
at Anfield in 2009 on the 20th anniversary of the tragedy with shouts of “justice for the 96”.

Footage from the day shows Burnham on the pitch clearly rattled and close to tears, before nodding and mouthing “OK”.

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