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What Most People Think with Geoff Norcott

FEAR STARMER BURNS BURNHAM'S BRIDGES - Feat. Jacob Hawley

What Most People Think with Geoff Norcott

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Politics, Comedy, News, News Commentary

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This week Jacob Hawley joins me to discuss the 'psychodrama' of Andy Burnham's bid to become a Labour MP and probably take Keir Starmer's job. We also chat about what must've been said in the NEC group / Keir Starmer's BFF round-table. Then we reflect on Trump's comments about British troops and why you should never get on the wrong side of Rod Stewart. In the Patron only we engage in the debate regarding uconscious racial bias on The Traitors. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What most impulse. Hello and welcome to this week's episode and I am back out on tour this week. Very much looking forward to being back out there.

0:22.7

I think the first couple of dates are sold out,

0:24.5

but then there's one on Sunday in a big room in Wimborn,

0:27.8

which is near Bournemouth.

0:29.5

Let's just call it Bournemouth to try and get as many people in as possible.

0:33.5

And there's plenty of news to talk about as well.

0:36.6

Burnham, Andy Burnham, we'll be picking up the Burn baby Burnham.

0:41.7

I thought of different titles for this show.

0:44.0

Fear Starmer.

0:45.0

I still don't know which one I'm going to pick,

0:46.5

but we'll be looking at the fallout from him being blocked

0:50.1

to stand in Gorton and Denton.

0:52.0

We'll also look at Donald Trump dishonoring British troops

0:55.7

and how the reaction said a lot about this country.

0:58.9

And then in the Patreon only,

1:00.4

we'll be looking at the issue of supposed unconscious racial bias

1:04.8

in the traitors, the TV show The Traders.

1:07.2

Is it woke nonsense?

1:09.2

Is it woke nonsense?

1:10.4

I've got Jacob Hawley of me today. And it's good because you're young and you're, you pretend to be woke just to, you know, stay mate. For ticket sales, basically. I ham up how woke I am in the same way that you've hammed up how right wing you are in the past. We're probably both somewhere boring in the middle,

1:46.7

but you've got to do what you've got to do. But that's not a USP, is it? You know what I mean? Are you woke? I mean, like, within the comedy fraternity, I'd imagine you strike them as quite conservative. But among your mates, you are probably woke Jacob, aren't you? Yeah, 100%. In terms of comedy, I'd say I'm not getting,

1:51.8

if I walked onto the Pleasance courtyard, which is the sort of trendy spot at the Edinburgh Fringe,

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