Mark Paul

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The Claire Byrne Show · Andy Burnham will become UK Prime Minister later today · 20 Jul 2026 podcast

But, you know, people walk into 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister with a plan and, you know, everybody's got a plan until reality punches them in the mouth.

And I think Andy Burnham is going to be hit with things like, for example, he's going to have to find the money to fund the expansion of Britain's armed forces because this is a nation that believes it's on the path to a potential war with Russia.

He's also going to have to deal with welfare reform, which you could make an argument for

It was the thing that originally sapped the authority of Keir Starmer when he had to back down the welfare rebellion.

So he's going to have to deal with all the things.

You mentioned North Sea oil drilling.

I think what they'll do is there'll probably be a slight shift in emphasis on that rather than really opening up the drilling.

And then, of course, he will have to deal with international matters, with Ukraine, with Donald Trump.

It'll be interesting to see how the former mayor of Greater Manchester gets on

with the President of the United States.

So these are all of the things he's going to have to deal with.

Life is going to come at him fast as soon as he walks in through that famous black door.

Access talks have been going on for weeks, but really it's only when he sits down behind a desk for the first time today that he will get to really make these decisions and deal with these issues.

Yes, I mean, Andy Burnham is currently, as it stands, the most popular Labour politician in all of Britain.

And he has been for several years.

And he will walk through that door as the most popular Labour politician in Britain.

But that popularity tends not to last long once people enter Downing Street.

He will want to hit the ground running.

One of the first announcements you will hear is the abolition of a digital ID scheme.

And that is something that was being brought in.

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