Slash’n’Burnham – Makerfield is already getting nasty

Oh God, What Now?

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News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.6 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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• Podmasters is 10 years old! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon backing. Makerfield residents, wire up your letterboxes – the leaflets are coming… A month until Andy Burnham’s by-election, Reform is knocking. Can the King of the North hold them off – whoever their candidate may be? Has he done enough for his message to land? Plus: Is it time up for Ed Davey as leader of the Liberal Democrats? Several Essex councillors seem to think so. Comedian Rosie Holt weighs in on whether political satire has changed for the better or worse. And Matt Brittin officially started as the BBC’s Director General this week – is it possible to steady the ship? • Get your tickets for Churchill’s Urinal with Rosie Holt at the King’s Head Theatre, Islington. • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk. ESCAPE ROUTES • Jonn watched Ncuti Gatwa throw jabs at Doctor Who in Saturday Night Live UK • Jason has been reading The Design of Childhood, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Alexandra Lange • Rosie is rewatching a duo of British comedy classics: Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace and Toast of London • Ros has been seeking escapism in Danish television and has binged Seaside Hotel www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Ros Taylor with Jonn Elledge and Jason Hazeley. Audio Production by Tom Taylor. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Across the country, thousands of drivers are feeling electric about switching to an EV.
0:05.0	And here's why.
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0:25.5	For full details, visitgov.uk.ukh, forward slash clean energy. Hello and welcome to Oh God What Now, the politics podcast that does want to rejoin the EU and isn't scared to say so. I'm Ros Taylor.
1:01.1	This week we're asking whether Andy Burnham really is going to be Labor's savior or if he's started something he may not finish.
1:08.0	Plus, West Streeting may be right about rejoining the EU, but was it helpful
1:11.8	to say so? Joining us in the studio is comedian Rosie Holt, aka the world's most loyal MP, and now
1:18.4	performing in her own show, Churchill's Urinal. We'll be asking her what it's like when people
1:23.4	mistake your parody for the real thing. All that and more on Oh God What Now.
1:32.7	Hello and welcome back to Oh God What Now. I'm Ross Taylor. Andy Burnham. Is he Labor's
1:38.7	savior, the King of the North, come to defeat Nigel Farage forever? Or is he just a very
1:43.8	canny man who needs a new
1:45.0	pair of running shorts? Joining me today are two Ogwin regulars. John Ellich is a columnist for
1:51.7	the new statesman and the new world. On 27th of August, he releases his next book, 31 inventions
1:57.4	that change the world. John, is that definitely the final title of the book now?
2:01.0	It's not. No, but I didn't want to make a big deal.
2:03.5	It's actually the wrong title.
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