About this episode

Nigel and Sarah discuss the upcoming by-election and draw lessons from political history while analyzing Andy Burnham's recent statements.

With just ten days to go before what we are obliged to call "the most important by-election in modern political history", Nigel and Sarah consider the lessons which Labour's Andy Burnham and Reform's Robert Kenyon might take from political history, with a look back at the Greenwich by-election of 1987. We also discuss Andy Burnham's stumbling answer to questions about the government's fiscal rules and why he wants to be Prime Minister, which reminded Nigel of a certain scene from The West Wing... Presented by Nigel Fletcher and Sarah Southern Produced by the Centre for Opposition Studies Theme Music by Tom Hector

People in this episode

Hosts: Nigel Fletcher, Sarah Southern

Topics covered

• by-elections
• political history
• Labour Party
• Reform Party
• fiscal policy
• leadership aspirations

Keywords

• by-election
• Andy Burnham
• Robert Kenyon
• Greenwich
• The West Wing
• politics
• fiscal rules

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Books & works: The West Wing

Places: Cleveland Ohio

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