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Blue Labour, ‘Manchesterism’ and Lords reform: your questions answered – podcast
Politics•February 16, 2026 at 7:00 AMNational

Blue Labour, ‘Manchesterism’ and Lords reform: your questions answered – podcast

By Presented by Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey, produced by Frankie Tobi, music by Axel Kacoutié; the executive producer is Danielle Stephens•The Guardian - UK News

What is Blue Labour? Can Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ be replicated elsewhere? And is the two-party system over in British politics?In a special episode, Pippa and Kiran take your questions. Please keep sending them to politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.comYou can listen back to Pippa and Kiran’s interviews with Andy Burnham at the Labour party conference here, and with the Green party leader, Zack Polanski, here.Watch John Harris’s Anywhere But Westminster in Gorton & Denton here. Continue reading...

What is Blue Labour? Can Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ be replicated elsewhere? And is the two-party system over in British politics?

In a special episode, Pippa and Kiran take your questions. Please keep sending them to politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.com

You can listen back to Pippa and Kiran’s interviews with Andy Burnham at the Labour party conference here, and with the Green party leader, Zack Polanski, here.

Watch John Harris’s Anywhere But Westminster in Gorton & Denton here.

Continue reading...

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