Can Reform block Andy Burnham’s path to power?

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the Makerfield by-election and broader political issues in the UK.

Listen to Rod Liddle’s Times Radio show, Saturdays 10am to 1pm, on digital radio, your smart speaker or by downloading the free Times Radio app. Find out more here: https://www.thetimes.com/radio Ameer Kotecha, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the stakes of the Makerfield by-election, why we must never rejoin the EU, and what the HS2 omnishambles reveals about broken Britain. Brendan O’Neill will be hosting a live Q&A on Tuesday 9 June. This event is free and is exclusively for spiked supporters. Find out more here: https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/05/08/brendan-oneill-live-and-in-conversation/ Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster. Get tickets: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Rod Liddle

Guests: Ameer Kotecha, Tom Slater, Fraser Myers

Topics covered

• by-election
• EU rejoining
• HS2
• politics
• current events
• UK government

Keywords

• Makerfield by-election
• EU
• HS2
• politics
• Brendan O’Neill
• Rod Liddle
• spiked

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Times Radio, spiked

Places: Makerfield, EU, Britain

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