Has Labour reignited the Brexit debate by mistake?
5/18/202647 min
Andy Burnham has ruled out making a Makerfield by-election contest another Brexit referendum. But will it end up being one anyway? The Greater Manchester Mayor has already had to clarify his position on rejoining the EU after a weekend where the issue has dominated the news agenda. Reform certainly hope to turn it into another Brexit campaign. They’ve sent Robert Jenrick out onto the mean streets of Westminster to try and convince voters it’s an establishment stitch up. But who is "the establishment" now?
Later, Jess Phillips on why she resigned and who knew she was going.
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Lewis Goodall· Host0:36
Two men, these two pretenders to the throne, vying for the Labour leadership, playing slightly different contests, slightly different games, playing two different audiences.
Jess Phillips· Guest0:46
When you've threatened to resign as many times as I have to try and get something that you want, you do have to sometimes go through with the threat for people to believe that it's real.
Lewis Goodall· Host0:53
It is absolutely true that the Labour Party should have been more aggressive for some time, including under the Keir Starmer government, in going for Farage and pointing out the lies.
Emily Maitlis· Host1:03
Right now, Brexit is the status quo. We are partying like it is 2016 again.
Andy Burnham· Soundbite1:09
I am not proposing that the UK considers rejoining the EU. I respect the decision that was made at the referendum, and it's gonna undermine everything said, I've said about strengthening democracy if we don't respect that vote.
Lewis Goodall· Host1:24
After a weekend where the Brexit debate has once again engulfed