How Burnham’s By-Election Will TRANSFORM UK Politics

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Andy Burnham's political journey and explores economic lessons from China.

With the Makerfield by-election starting pistol resonating through Westminster, is Andy Burnham going to be quick out of the blocks? After being barred from standing by his own party mere months ago, to being heralded as the man to keep Reform at bay, we chart the career of the man of the moment. Plus: We turn to a Development Economics expert to ask: what lessons can the West learn from China’s economic miracle, and could it only happen under authoritarian rule? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth--6487495/support .

People in this episode

Guest: Development Economics expert

Topics covered

• UK politics
• by-elections
• economic lessons
• China's economy
• authoritarian rule

Keywords

• Andy Burnham
• by-election
• UK politics
• China
• economic miracle
• authoritarian rule
• Reform

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reform, Westminster, China

Books & works: Development Economics

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