Makerfield decides, Labour holds its breath…Plus, Palestine Action & Social Media bans w/ Akiko Hart
6/18/20261 hr 6 min
As Makerfield goes to the polls today, Nish and Coco take a look back at the campaign, interrogate Andy Burnham’s ‘King of the North’ brand, and dig into what ‘Manchesterism’ actually is–and how it could work on a national scale.
They’re joined by Jack Dulhanty, journalist at Manchester Mill, to break down whether we can expect a people-pleaser for our next Prime Minister, how voting intentions have split households, and why a four-month old political party has given Reform a run for its money.
Plus: following the Court of Appeal’s ruling upholding the ban on Palestine Action and the terror sentencing of the ‘Filton 4’ activists, we speak to Akiko Hart, director of Liberty, the UK’s oldest human rights organisation, to understand the consequences of applying such a broad definition of terrorism.
And, as a social media ban looms for under-16s, what could this mean for the future of digital privacy in the UK?
USEFUL LINKS
See Ben Rhodes and Coco Khan live! Tickets here.
Liberty breaks down the Palestine Action ruling: https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/breaking-down-the-court-of-appeal-judgment-on-palestine-actions-proscription/#:~:text=On%2015%20June%202026%2C%20the%20Court%20of%20Appeal%20ruled%20in,proscription%20was%20lawful%20and%20proportionate.
GUESTS
Akiko Hart
Jack Dulhanty
CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS
SAILY: https://www.saily.com/podsave
BT: Search ‘Why BT’ to find out more.
SHOPIFY: https://www.shopify.co.uk/podsavetheuk
VANTA: https://www.vanta.com/PSTUK
Pod Save the UK is an Intelligence Squared production for Crooked Media.
Get in touch - contact us via email: podsavetheuk@crooked.com
Like and follow us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PodSavetheUK
Instagram: https://instagram.com/podsavetheuk
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheuk
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/podsavetheuk.crooked.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/podsavetheuk
X: https://x.com/podsavetheuk
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
There are two types of business owners, those who are busy and those who want to be busy. Toast is designed for both, with tools to keep you humming and help turn grind into growth. That's how you turn busy into business. Toast, built for busy.
Speaker 20:14
[upbeat music] When it's time to scale your business, it's time for Shopify. Get everything you need to grow the way you want, like all the way. Stack more sales with the best converting checkout on the planet. [chime] Track your cha-chings from every channel right in one spot, [click] and turn real-time reporting into big-time opportunities. Take your business to a whole new level. Switch to Shopify. Start your free trial today.
Nish Kumar· Host0:41
[upbeat music] Hi, this is What's Up UK. I'm Nish Kumar.
Coco Khan· Host0:47
And I'm Coco Card.
Nish Kumar· Host0:48
Is it Makerfield or breaker field? Today's the day the good people of Makerfield are off to decide Britain's future. But how do they feel about being in the spotlight, and what could this mean for our man in the North, Andy Burnham, a man poised to return to Westminster?
Coco Khan· Host1:03
Also on the show, Emmeline Pankhurst, Emily Davison, and the women of Greenham Common. Are they terrorists? We dig into the Court of Appeal's recent ruling on Palestine action, as well as the sentencing of the Filton Four, whose criminal damage convictions have been connected to terrorism in what's believed to be a world first.
Nish Kumar· Host1:21
And kids, get ready to stare at the wall. Keir Starmer has put his ban where his mouth is and stopped under 16s from accessing social media.