Andy Burnham on Keir Starmer, Manchester United, and the police
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
The Mayor for Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, says he is a "place first" not a "policy first" politician.
In a week where the Greater Manchester Police have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, Lewis travels to Manchester to meet the Mayor and ask him whether he has confidence in the force.
In today's The News Agents, we talk about his relationship with Keir Starmer and the central Labour party, the potential Qatari takeover of Manchester United and the Mayor's political ambitions going forward.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.2 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.2 | The newsagents are back in Manchester to talk to the King of the North. |
| 0:17.0 | No, it isn't our first royal interview, as if that's ever going to happen. |
| 0:19.6 | Thanks for nothing, Emily. |
| 0:20.6 | No, instead, far better. It is Andy Burnham, one of the great survivors of British politics. |
| 0:26.4 | Maybe the better, more accurate title for him is King Over the Labour Water, a man eyed wearily by Keir Stama, |
| 0:34.2 | who could so easily, were it not for a few mistakes, have been Labour leader himself, but has since tried to craft a different path, |
| 0:41.8 | trying to reconfigure English politics and the balance of power within it. |
| 0:46.2 | So on today's episode, an extended conversation with the mayor of Greater Manchester, |
| 0:50.9 | his past, his present, and what his future might yet bring. |
| 0:54.7 | It's Lewis here. Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:01.0 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:03.2 | Andy Burnham, Mr Mayor, Mayor Burnham, thank you for letting the newsagents into your office. |
| 1:08.0 | People can't see on the podcast version, but we're next to a sort of shrine of Andy |
| 1:11.1 | with all of your favourite thing. |
| 1:12.4 | Not quite. |
| 1:12.6 | Not quite. |
| 1:13.2 | Welcome to Manchester. |
| 1:14.2 | It's good, though you here. |
| 1:14.9 | Well, no, it's good to be here. |
| 1:16.9 | I want to talk in this interview about you and your political journey |
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