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. The PM will use much of this week's conference as a chance to frame some of the party's dividing lines with Reform. 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.