Anoosh Chakelian
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 23 Jul
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And they were saying, well, there'll be an election now, won't there?
And I said, well, I don't think so.
No, she can just come in.
went back to London the next day and encountered a Tory MP.
And he said, oh, it's just a Westminster bubble view that there has to be an election now.
That's not how our parliamentary democracy works.
And I said, well, actually, I was in Middlesbrough yesterday and everyone coming up to me had nothing to do with politics, were saying there should be one.
So I think they're aware of that.
You know, Burnham prides himself on sort of being in touch with sort of what the average view is, what the common view,
And I think they will be very aware that their relationship to the public in that sense is quite vulnerable.
And so, no, I don't think there's going to be a snap election.
But I think that's probably at the front of minds when they're trying to do things differently.
I think the economy is in a better state, so it is growing.
But then again, what does growth mean to the average person?
Most people feel worse off than when Labour came in, right?
Waiting lists in the NHS are down, but they're still very high.
And people, I did a piece on this recently, actually, people just aren't feeling that that's a change that Labour has made in their lives.
And so sort of he can wheel out all of those statistics that suggest things are going in the right direction.
And he's right to.
And, you know, I'm sure that things are more stable and there is more public spending going into our public services than there were.
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