About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Andy Burnham's by-election victory and reflects on the ten-year anniversary of Brexit with insights from key figures.

This week’s episode is a heady mix looking both backwards and forwards at the state of British politics; as The Rundown marks the tenth anniversary of the the vote to leave the EU by interviewing one of the key architects of Brexit, and by discussing what happens now following Andy Burnham’s remarkable victory in the Makerfield by-election, as he returns to Westminster to challenge Keir Starmer. So later in the episode host Alain Tolhurst speaks to Matthew Elliott , Conservative peer and the former chair of Vote Leave, the official Brexit campaign, about his new book Ten Years On; The Untold Story of Brexit , on his reflections from that momentous period, and the lessons learned a decade on. But before that PolHome's editor Adam Payne , and The House magazine deputy editor Sienna Rogers joined Alain very shortly after it was announced on Friday morning that Andy Burnham had romped to victory over Reform, what the next few days will look like now, and how likely he will become Prime Minister in the coming weeks. To sign up for our newsletters click here Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced and edited by Ewan Cameron and Lulu Goad for Podot

People in this episode

Host: Alain Tolhurst

Guest: Matthew Elliott

Topics covered

• British politics
• Brexit anniversary
• by-election
• Andy Burnham
• Keir Starmer
• political analysis
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PoliticsHome, Vote Leave

Books & works: Ten Years On; The Untold Story of Brexit

Places: Makerfield

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