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Why was Burnham Blocked? (Emergency Pod January 2026)
In this actual emergency podcast, Alan and Jem give way to overwhelming public pressure to respond to a recent decision taken by Labour’s National Executive Committee. The NEC have voted to block popular Mayor of Manchester (and former cabinet minister and MP) Andy Burnham from even having a chance of being selected by the local party to be Labour’s candidate at a forthcoming by-election in the Manchester area.
If that all sounds tediously technical, don’t worry, it is. But we also talk about why this incident, and the cancellation of upcoming local elections, is symptomatic…
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