Show 247- *Andy Burnham Live*
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2021
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
The Mayor of Manchester is on sparkling form as he sets out his vision for where Labour needs to be. It's a great mix of thoughtful political analysis and riveting behind-the-scenes detail as Andy tells the incredible inside story behind his showdowns with the UK and Scottish governments. He also tells the heartbreaking story of the Hlllsborough families' long campaign for justice and his role in changing the Labour government's position, including the moment he stands in front of a packed Anfield at the memorial service. Recorded during the Labour Conference, Andy reacts to the big stories of the week as well as revealing his plans for when the Conservatives hold their Conference in Manchester.
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Watch the moment Andy addresses Anfield at the Hillsborough memorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z3mBIi084Q
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22 Nov: Anthony Scaramucci
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political party. This episode features the mayor of Manchester, Andy |
| 0:14.9 | Burnham and what a time to have Andy on the show. It's one of those things where it worked |
| 0:18.9 | out. It's really worked out. He's meant to do the show before. COVID happened, but I couldn't |
| 0:23.7 | have picked a better time to be talking to him. Slapmanging the middle of Labour Party |
| 0:27.6 | Conference Week. And of course, now that he's mayor of Manchester, we get to talk about |
| 0:31.8 | those incredible showdowns with the UK and the Scottish government and he gives us brilliant |
| 0:37.0 | detail on this stuff. And this episode is everything you would want. Everything this show |
| 0:42.2 | is meant to be. There's brilliant behind the scenes stuff. Proper heartfelt, thoughtful |
| 0:48.6 | politics. Someone setting out what they actually think. And some emotional stuff. And on top |
| 0:56.0 | of that, some really, really funny moments. Andy is really funny. I mean, there's so many |
| 1:03.2 | bits of this that are amazing. I won't ruin it too much, but kind of few impressions |
| 1:08.3 | get dropped in by Andy. And they are, they are a joy to behold, but some really, really |
| 1:13.9 | great moments. And we talk about in detail, which is really fun. The moment he became an |
| 1:19.0 | internet meme, that moment where he sees that the government have changed their offer. |
| 1:23.3 | It's so funny. But it was great. And it's so great to have the show back live. I love |
| 1:28.8 | recording them over Zoom, but it is completely different doing it live and doing it at theatre |
| 1:33.7 | in the West End. Oh, man, it was such a treat. So thank you to all of you who came. It was |
| 1:38.4 | a really special atmosphere. And it's a beautiful place to do this show, the Dutchist |
| 1:43.2 | theatre. In a fortnight, well less than a fortnight now, a week on Monday, my guest will |
| 1:48.2 | be Penny Morden. And Penny is amazing. She was the first ever female secretary of state |
| 1:53.5 | for defence. You may remember her from the reality TV show Splash, but she is very funny. |
| 1:58.5 | That will be a raucous night. She got in trouble a couple of years ago for saying the word |
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