Downing Street Says Burnham Writes Most of His Own Speeches After ChatGPT Photo

According to the Mail, the chatbot also wrote: "I prefer the second (passage). It moves from the miners to their families to the wider community, showing how the experience of industrial work created bonds well beyond the workplace."

Downing Street's response

A No 10 spokesperson said: "The PM writes most of his own speeches. An aide sought feedback on a speech draft that had already been written."

What Burnham said on Saturday

Burnham used his speech to talk about the importance of "industry" in giving people a "deep sense of belonging". He described the workplaces in Wales that "created a way of life, the social infrastructure that we took for granted, the working men's clubs, the sports teams, the choirs, the trade unions".

He also criticised Margaret Thatcher's legacy. He said the country "took some wrong turns in the 1980s that shattered the way of life for communities up and down Britain".

"Economic power privatised, political power centralised and, overall, a loss of agency in places up and down Britain," he said.

"The mines closed, factories closed, steelworks silenced. It was felt everywhere."

He added that this had "kind of left us for 40 years in a place where communities haven't had the power that they needed to turn things around".

Opposition reaction

Reform UK chairman Lee Anderson joked that writing the Prime Minister's speeches must be "thirsty work".

"AI Andy's man-of-the-people act has been exposed as a sham," he said.