Andy Burnham's passionate riots speech as he introduces Pete Doherty
The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, appeared at an intimate gig in Manchester which kicked off the start of the Northernden Fringe Festival taking place over the bank holiday weekend 24th-26th .
The headline act, The Libertines’ Pete Doherty, invited Burnham to the stage where he addressed the recent riots across Manchester
The headline act, The Libertines’ Pete Doherty, invited Burnham to the stage where he addressed the recent riots across Manchester
Transcript
00:00We've done this club already. It's the Busman's Club. The B Network club, innit? The B Network club.
00:06B Network beer here. Black and yellow. Arcade lighting. Nice. I like it.
00:13Thanks for having us. And you know what? It's been a bit of a dark week this week.
00:17But I couldn't be finishing anywhere better than here with all of you tonight.
00:22Thanks a lot for being here, everybody. Thanks a lot.
00:26There's so much to love about this place where we live, isn't there? So much to love about it.
00:30But the best thing is, we're really true to a simple philosophy. A Mancunian philosophy.
00:36Love music. Hate racism.
00:41That is what we are here about.
00:46I don't want to make it lower the mood or anything, but you know what?
00:51Things have been pretty bad this week. I know there have been people who've been going out their front doors,
00:57going to work, looking over their shoulder, thinking someone's going to shout something at them.
01:01I heard about a kid, a 12-year-old kid, who wouldn't go and play in his football club
01:05because he thought he was going to get abuse shouted at him or hurt in some way.
01:10How bad is that? That is not us, is it? That is not what we're all about.
01:18Some of the people out there say, you know what? We want to take our country back.
01:22They want to make this country like something it's never been before,
01:25where people are fearful of going about their lives every day.
01:28That's not Greater Manchester. It's never been Greater Manchester.
01:32And I just want to come here tonight and say it's fantastic to see you all here.
01:36It's brilliant to be supporting the club, to be supporting the community, an amazing community down here.
01:42Thank you all for coming out, everybody.
01:45But you know what we do in Greater Manchester? We look out for each other, don't we?
01:50We check in on each other. We stand with each other, always.
01:55And we never, ever forget that, and I know you do that as well.
01:59But here tonight, we're here to celebrate everything that this place is all about.
02:04All of the things we share together, we're here to stand together, enjoy a night together, aren't we?
02:11And well done, Andy, Andrew, for putting this night on.
02:15You've done a fantastic job bringing this event here.
02:18We love our music, we hate racism, we're Greater Manchester.
02:22Three goals, give it up for the great Pete Doherty!