Helen Pidd
speaker
269 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 12 Aug
Helen Pidd’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well, he finally made it.
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On his third and most audacious attempt, Andy Burnham is Prime Minister.
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He's given his first
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the he's chosen
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things get real.
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This is Paul Harrison, who worked in number ten for Theresa May.
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So they're already written for him, are they?
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And he just has to sign them?
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From The Guardian, I'm Helen Pitt.
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Today in focus, Andy Burnham's Intray.
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Paul Harrison, you worked for Theresa May as her press secretary after the general election in 2017 while she was Prime Minister.
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Let's talk about what Burnham has just walked into.
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Because I think a lot of our overseas listeners will be quite surprised to hear that it they'll have seen a picture of Downing Street, but maybe they don't realise that it's not a purpose-built government building like the White House or the Chancellery in Germany.
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It's like a cramped row of little higgledy-piggledy terraced houses, isn't it?
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Can you remember what you first thought when you knocked on that door and you were let in?
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And what about the living quarters?
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What are they like for the Prime Minister and his or her family?
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Yeah, it's you the way you describe it, it sounds quite claustrophobic.
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And when I think about how Andy Burnham has lived his life in Greater Manchester for the last nine years, he's been a pretty free agent.
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You could just see him wandering around.
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