Peter Walker

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987 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 21 Sep

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Today in Focus · Burnham begins: what awaits the new PM? · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

These are things he said he's going to do something on very, very quickly.

And people are waiting for that.

And tying into that is this ongoing argument about North Sea oil.

The Conservatives are convinced if we drill for North Sea oil, then we'll become energy independent overnight and our energy prices will drop.

Economists and energy experts have a slightly dim view of that.

It's the sort of thing which would stop

the Conservatives from saying, you know, he hates the modern world, but at the same time won't actually probably make a huge amount of difference.

I mean, I think when he took office, Keir Starmer was hoping to focus on domestic issues mainly.

But events got in the way and Andy Burnham is arriving in probably an even more turbulent time.

You've got the Iran war reigniting and the potentially massive implications for cost of living.

Donald Trump is still there.

One of the advantages that Burnham has got is keeping on Jonathan Powell.

He's basically the font of all knowledge of foreign policy in the UK.

He's a national security advisor, was under Starmer, and we understand he's going to keep the same job.

And he is going to do a lot of the foreign policy grunt work.

This is The Guardian.

Cottrell is a minor aristocrat who sometimes claims to have come from significant wealth.

He's got that very baby-faced look.

He's been around Farage for a long time.

He was in his entourage even during the Brexit referendum.

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