Henry Zeffman
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1,893 appearances
15 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 13 Sep
Henry Zeffman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And one of the moments I think that weakened Keir Starmer most was
was not his first batch of appointments, but his second.
The ones he made, big reshuffle he did after Angela Rayner resigned as Deputy Prime Minister.
Because at that point, you please some people and you disappoint a lot of others.
Not just the ones you demote, but also the ones who have thought that they're getting promoted and discover that they're not.
And inevitably, mathematically, it's going to be the same for Andy Burnham.
And the other interesting thing you said there, Paddy, is he said on Reddit, and we've had various politicians, including Keir Starmer, say...
I am going to communicate in a different way, which reflects the fact that the media environment has changed, that there's no longer two channels and all of that.
And, uh,
I think there are signs from Andy Burnham at this point, at least, that he may be making good on that in a way that some of his predecessors haven't.
Reddit, he's doing an Instagram at some point today, Q&A at some point as we record today.
And of course, after that speech that he wrote himself, he didn't take questions from journalists.
And as I said to him, there are lots of Labour MPs, you all have both heard from them as well, who hope, one of their big hopes for the Burnham Premiership is that
he will be able to not confine himself to, that's never going to be the case for a prime minister, but focus overwhelmingly on the domestic.
And Keir Starmer said that's not possible.
And actually, they're so connected, cost of living and so on, that it's not desirable either.
Which is woven into his life story as well, in the sense of how he wasn't rated as highly as Southern colleagues, essentially, in the same generation of New Labour.
And it is authentically him.
But as you say, Laura...
And strengths can very quickly become weaknesses.
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