Don't underestimate peril for Labour, says BurnhamLabour is trailing Reform in the opinion polls, indicating potential losses in the Welsh Senedd and local elections in May next year. Despite a backlash from MPs, Burnham said Labour should not be "narrow and shallow", adding there was "too much of a climate of fear". Andy Burnham has warned against "underestimating the peril the party is in" at a fringe meeting at the Labour party conference. Speaking at a fringe meeting for the Re:State think tank, Burnham said he was clear that he "wanted to launch a debate about direction and getting a plan to beat Reform". Plenty of Labour MPs think Burnham has gone too far in the past few days, although many recognise the opinion polls paint a gloomy picture for Labour, and the prime minister.