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Andy Burnham’s first election hurdle: Brexit

5/18/202624 min

Andy Burnham may already be facing a tricky obstacle in his push to return to Westminster. Past comments about rejoining the EU have come back to haunt him, particularly given that the Makerfield constituency voted overwhelmingly to leave in the Brexit referendum. Plus, Wes Streeting has confirmed he will stand in any leadership contest, raising fresh questions about where all this leaves Keir Starmer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

Clips

Starmer’s Conditional Exit Plan
‘Party In Meltdown’ Scenario
Betting The Mortgage On Burnham
Two Forces In Makefield
Public Control Without Ownership?
US Money, UK Far Right
Streeting’s Numbers Don’t Add Up
Inflated Crowd Clips Exposed

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First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:00

    This is The Guardian.

  2. John Harris· Soundbite0:01

    [upbeat music] Specifically on Brexit, are you in favor of rejoining the European Union?

  3. Andy Burnham· Soundbite0:14

    I've said in the long term there is a case for that, but I'm not advocating that in this by-election.

  4. Kiran Stacey· Host0:20

    Are you going to step up and contest the Labour leadership?

  5. Andy Burnham· Soundbite0:24

    John, we need, we need a proper contest with the best candidates on the field, and I'll be standing.

  6. John Harris· Soundbite0:28

    That this by-election is about a Labour crisis, not a national crisis. Keir Starmer may go, Andy Burnham may replace him. Nothing's going to change for the next three years.

  7. Peter Walker· Guest0:38

    Is there a chance that he might set out a timetable to leave the spot?

  8. Speaker 10:42

    Let me be really clear. Keir Starmer remains the most resilient person I know in my life.

  9. Kiran Stacey· Host0:50

    This is Kieran Stacey.

  10. Peter Walker· Guest0:52

    This is Peter Walker.

  11. Kiran Stacey· Host0:53

    And you're listening to Politics Weekly.

  12. Peter Walker· Guest0:55

    For The Guardian.

  13. Kiran Stacey· Host0:56

    I'm joined by Peter this week- Hello ... instead of Pippa, who is away somewhere at a secret location on a leadership away day. So thank you very much for joining us.

  14. Peter Walker· Guest1:07

    Pleasure. Always, always, always good.

  15. Kiran Stacey· Host1:09

    So much has happened over the last few days. It's difficult to know sometimes what was the moment at which everything changed, but something has changed. And as we're sitting here today on Monday morning in Westminster, the feeling is that Andy Burnham is going to be prime minister by the autumn. I mean, that has now become the default assumption. You talk to Labour MPs, you talk to members of other parties, they all assume that Andy

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