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Hello and welcome to this edition of The Westminster Hour, with me Ben Wright and my guests.

Convulsions in the Labour Party as it stumbles towards a leadership contest.

The Prime Minister vows to fight on while rivals circle and a crucial by-election now looms.

We'll consider where this all might ricochet next as Labour's civil war enters another week.

We'll also take a closer look at Andy Burnham's record in Manchester

and look for clues about his possible plans for power if he makes it all the way to Downing Street.

That's all coming up, but first, let's meet the panel.

Joe Powell has been the Labour MP for Kensington and Bayswater in West London since the last general election.

Before entering Parliament, he campaigned against dirty money in the UK and around the world,

and he's now an aide to the Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary David Lammy.

Did you try and take your mind off Labour's disharmony last night with a bit of Eurovision, Joe?

Or up for a dark room, perhaps?

I didn't, but I woke up to 340 unread WhatsApp messages on the PLP group and I thought something

catastrophic had happened, but actually we came last. So hopefully we do a bit better in the

by-election. Richard Holden has been the Conservative MP for Basilden and Billerickey in

Essex since the general election in 2024. He previously represented Northwest Durham.

He's a former chairman of the Tory party and is currently serving as the shadow secretary of

state for transport in Kemi Badernock's top team. And you ran the London marathon last month.

I did, yes. Thank you so much. That's really kind of you.

And as it happens, the Prime Minister made a reference to that in the Commons this week.

He was congratulating one of your fellow runners, the Labour MP Chris Vince. Chris Vince,

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