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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When it comes to the world stage, a lot of his views aren't terribly well known, but he sought to reassure colleagues in the past two weeks by publishing an opinion editorial piece that said that he would view defence and national security as the first priority of his government.
He made clear that in terms of support for Ukraine, that would be very much a continuation of the current policy that Keir Starmer has upheld.
I think when it comes to the US, it's a bit unclear, and a lot of people have been raising their eyebrows considering how he will deal with Donald Trump, who said that he's heard that he's extremely liberal.
I think because Andy Burnham is more at ease with his left-leaning credentials, there could be a bit more of a clash between Burnham and
and Trump.
But ultimately, the UK, like much of the rest of Europe, relies on the US so heavily for its security umbrella that, you know, trying to track a middle course and get on as best as possible with the US president is the lightliest course of action ahead here.
No, that's right.
The rivals have all melted away.
The main challenger was Wes Streeting, and he folded in behind Burnham on the very day that Starmer announced his resignation last month.
We then had the spectacle of Al Cairns, the former defence minister who was only elected in 2024, suggesting he might be interested in running, that he wanted to hear
Burnham's policy platform before deciding to fold himself.
I think that wasn't treated as a terribly serious challenge to Burnham.
And in fact, it sort of seems that Cairns didn't get anywhere near the numbers to get off the ground.
And he himself folded just before nominations opened this week.
And it was very striking yesterday to see that spectacle of MPs queuing round the block to hand in their nomination forms for Andy Burnham.
Jostling to be the first, Barry Gardner, a veteran Labour MP, was proud to have been the first in the line, but was pipped to the post by a newbie filling in the forms quicker and handing it over to the parliamentary Labour Party officials.
Exactly, all the jostling by these ambitious parliamentarians who are hoping for jobs in the Burnham administration.
Well, you know, I think that is a worry of some in Labour.
Dame Siobhan Madonna, a veteran MP, she was among those who refused to support Burnham.
as she did back in 2007 with Gordon Brown, saying that a contest would be better to test the ideas of the leader before they head into power.
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