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Is there more to Andy Burnham than just the vibes?

5/19/202649 min

Andy Burnham has launched his campaign video for the Makerfield by-election. The first thing you notice is how comfortable he sounds in it. It’s a level of human communication almost unfamiliar in today’s politics - with a pitch not just to the constituency but to the nation. But is there more to him than the chips and gravy good vibes? And does he have an actual plan not just for Makerfield but for the country?

We speak to Neal Lawson - who is inside the Burnham camp - about how he thinks about politics, and what would be different if he ran the country.

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First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Andy Burnham· Soundbite0:30

    [upbeat jingle] This is a Global Player original podcast. [upbeat music] I was born in Liverpool, but my journey began in this area.

  3. Emily Maitlis· Host0:41

    This is a man now trying very hard to fight as an insurgent, as a Mancunian, taking on Westminster and saying, "They don't understand you, I do."

  4. Neil Lawson· Guest0:50

    Let's remember what's happening to the Labour Party. It's in an existential crisis.

  5. Lewis Goodall· Host0:55

    It's Burnham or bust.

  6. Andy Burnham· Soundbite0:56

    And where are we? Where are we less than two years later?

  7. Lewis Goodall· Host1:00

    You're in a different party.

  8. Andy Burnham· Soundbite1:01

    We're here. [laughs] We're here. Where are we? We're here.

  9. Lewis Goodall· Host1:06

    You used to be there.

  10. Andy Burnham· Soundbite1:07

    One of the things that made me most proud recently is someone saying on a doorstep- Nice to see you ... "Andy's all right. He's for us." I am for us, all of us.

  11. Speaker 51:19

    We will find a brighter day.

  12. Emily Maitlis· Host1:23

    Oasis playing out Andy Burnham there on his own campaign video,

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