George Parker

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126 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 9 Sep

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The Claire Byrne Show · Burnham becomes UK Prime Minister on Monday · 17 Jul 2026 podcast

So these are all big, big spending commitments.

And as I mentioned, borrowing is already sky high.

We can't really borrow much more money.

The Labour government or the Labour Party has shown itself resistant to big cuts to the welfare budget.

So that comes back to, you know, are you going to put up taxes to fill the hole?

And again, we're very heavily taxed at the moment.

And

I'm sure there'll be a move to tax the banks and the wealthy.

But in the end, you only get a certain amount of money out of those things.

So it's a difficult financial situation.

And, you know, the basics of politics are going to be the same for whoever is prime minister.

One thing I would say, though, he might get lucky because Keir Starmer for the last few years has been looking over his shoulder at the rise of Nigel Farage's Reform UK campaign.

You'll have followed the stories recently about Nigel Farage.

And it does feel a bit like the wheels are starting to come off a bit, Reform UK.

We've got this ridiculous by-election taking place next month where Farage is fighting for his own seat against Count Binface.

And, you know...

There's a possibility that Labour will get a poll bounce after Andy Burden becomes prime minister, at least for a month or two.

And you could see Labour overtaking potentially reform in the opinion polls, which would be the first time that's happened for quite a while.

So that psychologically could be quite a big moment, I think.

So he could be lucky in terms of coming in just as...

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