Lucy Fisher
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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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A contest could be useful just to put his policy platform under more scrutiny.
It was one of the criticisms made of Theresa May and her administration that because the person who got down to the final two with her, Andrea Leadsom, dropped out.
And there wasn't a multi-week contest where they had to go and fight their case and set out their prospectus in front of party members, that that made her government weaker for it.
So it's an open debate in Labour about how things should proceed.
That's right.
And we shouldn't forget that Andy Burnham's seismic victory in Makerfield is really important coming in the wake of Labour facing an absolute drubbing in the elections only last month in Scotland, in Wales and in English councils.
And in fact, Nigel Farage's Reform UK had swept the board.
So Andy Burnham winning here has brought a lot of relief to Labour MPs who've been gripped by a sense of panic.
that they are going to be routed at the next general election.
And Burnham's argument is, look, I've shown locally that I can take on Farage and beat reform.
Now let me lead the party and I can do it nationally.
So things are moving quickly.
We know that cabinet ministers have privately over the weekend urged Starmer to think about his position.
So we're all bracing to see whether there is a podium erected in Downing Street today or later this week.
at which Starmer potentially announces his plan to resign and sets out a timetable for that.
I think that tone of defiance and stubbornness speaks to something in his character.
And beyond that,
He has very, very difficult relations with Andy Burnham.
So there's barely anyone less likely that Starmer would want to hand the keys of Downing Street to.
And on top of all that, you know, I think he feels very aggrieved, his friends tell me, that he sees it being the case that he's not given enough credit by his party for winning this stunning majority less than two years ago.
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