About this episode

The episode discusses Andy Burnham's rise to Labour leader and his upcoming role as Prime Minister, exploring his potential direction for the government.

Today, Andy Burnham will be crowned Labour leader. On Monday, he'll become Prime Minister -- Britain's fifth in as many years. But questions are still lingering over the direction he’ll take the government. And more than that, people are still trying to decipher who the man really is. We turn to our man in Westminster, who has spent plenty of time with Burnham, to try to get some answers. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory Guest: Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times. Host: Luke Jones. Producers: Harry Stott. We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: Andy Burnham wants to break ‘unaccountable state’ Further listening: Will Burnham scrap the most expensive promise in politics? Clips: Andy Burnham / X, BBC, Coljax Parliament / Youtube, LBC, Nimrod Kamer / Youtube, Manchester Evening News, The Mirror. Photo: Getty Images. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Luke Jones

Guest: Patrick Maguire

Topics covered

• politics
• Labour leader
• government direction
• Andy Burnham
• Westminster
• current events

Keywords

• Andy Burnham
• Labour leader
• Prime Minister
• politics
• Westminster
• government direction
• Patrick Maguire

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Times, The Sunday Times, BBC, LBC, Manchester Evening News, The Mirror

Places: Westminster

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