534. Is Wes Streeting Trying to Sabotage Andy Burnham?

The Rest Is Politics

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🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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By re-igniting the Brexit debate, is Wes Streeting deliberately trying to sabotage Andy Burnham's chances in a Leave-voting area, or is he forcing Labour to finally confront reality? Does Hungary's new leader Magyar offer a playbook for defeating Reform UK – by exposing Farage's wealth, mysterious funding sources, and corruption? Is Gary Stevenson correct to say the centre-left is relying on outdated tactics, while right-wing movements gain ground through social media fluency and opaque international funding networks? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more. ________ Go deeper into the world of The Rest Is Politics by signing up for our free newsletter ⁠HERE⁠, featuring exclusive interviews, analysis and weekend reads from Alastair and Rory. Join The Rest Is Politics Plus. Start your free trial at ⁠therestispolitics.com⁠ to unlock exclusive bonus content – including Rory and Alastair’s miniseries – plus ad-free listening, early access to episodes and live show tickets, exclusive newsletters, discounted book prices, and a private chatroom on Discord. The Rest Is Politics is powered by Fuse Energy. Stop overpaying for energy. Switch at ⁠fuseenergy.com/politics⁠ and get a free TRIP+ subscription. Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ ⁠nordvpn.com/restispolitics⁠ It's risk-free with Nord's 30 day money back guarantee ✅ __________ Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @restispolitics Email: therestispolitics@goalhanger.com __________ Social Producer: Celine Charles Video Editor: Josh Smith Assistant Producer: Daisy Alston-Horne Producer: Evan Green Exec Producer: Chris Sawyer General Manager: Tom Whiter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:12.0	At the moment, smart money is on Kierz Stahman not being Prime Minister by the end of the year.
0:19.0	It's very hard to see how Kierztharmer gets through this. We have West Street in resigning, one of the big contenders against Stama, and then Andy Burnham, the very popular mayor of Greater Manchester, now trying to re-enter Parliament to run against Stama. If you're Keir Stama at the moment, you must be going absolutely nuts. It's very hard to govern in these circumstances.
0:38.9	We see the two halves of the Labour Party revealed the kind of contradiction the Labour Party's
0:44.2	dealing with.
0:44.7	My plea to all of them, please don't turn this into a soap opera.
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2:01.6	Politics now demands a kind of constant attention. News, alerts, statements, email links, clips, briefings, but it's all arriving at speed, asking to be opened at once. And once that becomes routine, you stop checking things as carefully as you should. And data breaches are at record levels. Most people don't realize how
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