I'm John Batchew with Simon Constable in the south of France in Paradise, but we're reflecting upon

the troubles in Parliament. Simon's Great Britain is profoundly stopped up because the overwhelming

labor majority can't do anything. They've got a leader who's unpopular, really unpopular. They want to

replace them. Now, I don't have all the mechanisms,

so I'm just going to speak of the candidate. A man named Burnham is the Lord Mayor of Manchester,

and he was in Parliament. He's relatively young, and the labor people like him a lot. Let's talk

about what he's been doing since he left Parliament.

What is Manchester represent in England? Is it important? Is it a big city? What does it look like? It is a big city. It's the third largest one in England, and you could probably

add in Wales, England and Wales. It's big. It's got two fantastic football

clubs, which is Manchester United and Manchester City, and they're both well followed.

There's also great universities there. This is a city that has really grown massively in the

19th century. It put in those universities where

there were no universities before. You've got a lot of people going there to learn about science

and there's a lot of scientific experts coming out of there. And it's considered to be,

you know, a very good place to live in general.

Of course, there are exceptions, but it's very good in general.

And, you know, he's down there on the front line, trying to make it even better,

which is the role of any politician leading a council or leading an area where you've got like a country. So he's a labor,

Lord Mayor and he's Labor Party. Is he associated with what we call progressive? Is he left

of center, very left of center? Does he have a profile in any fashion? Well, I'd be surprised if he was very left-wing.

I'm not sure about this, but I'd be very surprised if he was, because when you're dealing

with an entire city, the size of Manchester, which is big for Britain, you've got to be pragmatic,

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