Lucy Fisher
speaker
792 appearances
16 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 20 Jul
Lucy Fisher’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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People have brought up, unprompted, the word beheading, obviously referring to
the heinous scenes we saw in belfast in recent days and some of the violent disorder that's erupted since then people talking a lot about stabbings that are taking place throughout the country them feeling scared have you picked that up and people you've been speaking to
And Jen, I mean, the word pogrom has been used about some of the activity we've seen in Northern Ireland with people, I think nurses, non-white nurses being stopped trying to enter a hospital where they're on their way to work and ask for their nationality with some being allowed in and some not.
I mean, that is a shocking kind of scene we've not seen in this country for a very long time.
Let's turn to talk about Andy Burnham at the Hustings.
He did make this comment about having stuck by the Hillsborough families when in opposition and then when he went into power, doing right by them.
He said he would do the same for the WASPI women, this cohort of women born in the 1950s who claim that they were improperly
informed about changes to the state pension age and therefore they have lost out in terms of their pension.
They are claiming thousands of pounds each in compensation.
Collectively, the government thinks that any compensation could run up to 10.5 billion.
Starmer has been absolutely clear in rejecting this.
claims for compensation, although the government has apologised for the way that episode played out.
Burnham this week said that he'd stick by them and that he was, you know, open to recompense for them.
He did.
His spokesperson then said that he was open to considering compensation before 24 hours later, rowing back on that and ruling out financial compensation and instead saying perhaps early access to concessionary travel, which he's introduced in Greater Manchester, for example, to the cohort or other sorts of schemes might be suitable.
rice miles here.
But I would say it has sparked a big backlash in the Labour Party, his waspy comments, with people saying exactly what you remarked, Jim.
You know, he can't say no to anyone.
Another Labour MP messaged me to say, oh, I see Andy Burnham has lost the plot again.
And Keir Starmer, Ally, said this is precisely the version...
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