Willie Howard

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Liveline · "People can look out their front window and see a sense of decline..." · 22 Jun 2026 podcast

What we're looking at is systematic deindustrialization from the 1980s, a financialization of the economy that is delivering less and less for the ordinary person.

And as such, we've seen kind of extreme political opinions

gain traction so Matt you mentioned social media he's correct it does provide a toxic environment but the type of politics on that social media has been driven by the failure of government parties to actually implement the change that people need you know So how does Andy Burnham reverse that or can he?

Things are very difficult.

And look, I have to be honest here as well.

You know, if a government does step out of the fold and say that we want to try a kind of a radical departure or we want to invest a certain amount in industry and kind of break with that kind of economic orthodoxy that underpins neoliberalism, they can often come under huge financial pressure from the markets and whatnot.

And that puts the fear of God into any government that wants to enact change.

So, I mean, Burnham has a historic opportunity.

As I said, I think it's the last opportunity for Labour to really save themselves from political oblivion.

And that can happen.

We've seen it happen in social democratic parties across Ireland.

other European countries.

So I think there's a couple of things that he can do straight away.

Look, I've lived in this country for a long time and it's declined every year since I've been here.

When I first came here, you could get a dentist appointment, you could get a doctor's appointment easily enough.

You know that whole adage that you knew you crossed into the north when the roads were better because British roads were better and all that.

It's nearly the opposite is the case now.

People can look out their front window and see a sense of decline.

There's a palpable sense of decline and lack of belief in this country.

So I think what Barnum can do is invest in our education system, first of all.

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