Makerfield or Breakerfield – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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• It’s Podmasters’ 10th birthday! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon backing. Setting up the stories of the next seven days… Has Andy Burnham set Labour up for a potential extinction event by forcing a by-election in the not-very-safe seat of Makerfield? By making the about rejoining the EU, has Streeting handed Reform a golden chance to turn the vote into Referendum 2.0? Plus Reeves’ cost of living nightmare, Musk in court, and the nerve-racking climax of the football season. Ros Taylor and Andrew Harrison chart the week ahead. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:45.3	also International Museum Day. So I hope you can kind of mark all of those occasions.
1:49.6	I'm Andrew Harrison. And here to guide us to the stories that are going to shape the next seven days
1:53.7	is Ros Taylor. Hello, Ros. How are you? I'm good. Thank you, Andrew.
1:57.8	Have you got Labour leadership fatigue syndrome yet?
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