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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Will the real Andy Burnham please stand up? – Weekly Wrap-Up with Alex von Tunzelmann

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Podmasters

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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• It’s Podmasters’ 10th birthday! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon backing for The Bunker.  The Makerfield by-election is heating up, with Andy Burnham officially entering the race. But what does he really stand for? As he pitches both locally and nationally, we’re a bit confused. Plus: Donald Trump granted tax immunity, the T-Rex arms race, and Keir Starmer waters down Russian oil sanctions. Jacob Jarvis is joined by Alex von Tunzelmann to unpack the biggest stories from the past week. www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis with Alex von Tunzelmann.  Producer: James Liddell and Jake Preston. Audio production: 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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Hello and welcome back to the weekly wrap-up from The Bunker. I'm Jacob Jarvis.

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Every Friday we recap the biggest stories, the weirdest stories, and the news that has gone under the radar from the last week with some of your favourite bunker personalities and maybe even some panellists from, oh god, what now.

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But before we begin, we do have some nice news. Podmasters, the company

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that brings you the bunker, has recently turned 10 years old. So there are still a few days left

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more importantly help keep the bunker going. On to the show today, I am joined by best-selling

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author and historian extraordinaire Alex von Tunselman. Hi Alex. Hi, Jav. How you doing? Yeah, good,

2:12.9

thank you. Very good. Let's do a nice story first, as we always try and do. Well, at least an

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