Inside the battle for No11
6/23/202624 min
In less than a month, Britain is set to get its seventh Prime Minister in under a decade.
And barring a political earthquake, it's all but certain to be Andy Burnham.
But several questions remain about what the King of the North really stands for – he now has just over three weeks to turn by-election victory into a policy platform to govern the country.
Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy look at the fading prospect of challengers and likely coronation. Can he really steady the ship ten years on from the Brexit referendum?
Also, with the battle for No11 well underway, the duo also look at the economic agenda and what characters could form a Burnham government as the party begins to shape ideas for the next phase.
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Anne McElvoy· Host0:28
[upbeat music] Hello, good morning and welcome. It's Tuesday, June the 23rd, a decade to the day from the Brexit referendum, and politics still in perpetual motion that's followed that. In less than a month, Britain will have its seventh prime minister, and anyone other than Andy Burnham would be a miracle. My name is Anne McElroy from Politico, up early today after a night of thunder and lightning over central London, and the weather god must be a Starmerite.
Sam Coates· Host1:03
Yeah, I couldn't believe I woke up to a smattering of rain. I'm Sam Coates of Sky News. There's fleeting talk of opponents to Burnham and opponents of a coronation rallying around maybe Darren Jones, maybe Al Kearns. But I was out with Labour MPs last night and few think that that's a serious prospect, unless, unless over the next three weeks we're hit by some unknown unknowns. Um, so all of that means that it looks like Andy Burnham will be our new prime minister on or about July the 17th,