The Story Of Andy Burnham's Return To Westminster - Live At Crossed Wires Festival
7/3/202654 min
Andy Burnham has gone from metro mayor to prime minister-in-waiting.
When did he decide to make the move against Starmer, and how’s he done it?
Chris Mason and Faisal Islam are in Sheffield for the Crossed Wires podcast festival for a special episode in which they track the journey from London to Manchester and back again.
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Chris Mason· Host1:10
[upbeat music] Faisal, it's quite a sight, isn't it? As we, as we scan a, a vista across God's Own County. [laughs] I say that as a North Yorkshire boy in South Yorkshire. Faisal here is a, a, a visiting Mancunian, which brings a strand of expertise to the group.