Enda Brady: UK Correspondent on Andy Burnham becoming the new UK Prime Minister
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's been quite the night. Our time for Burnham.
A massive change in our politics.
What did Andy Burnham announce as his vision for Number 10 and local power?
That's what number 10 North is about. Taking the power out of Westminster and Whitehall into every postcode in the land and from there building a new economy. These are big changes. They are the biggest changes in 40 years. We've had 40 years of trickle-down economics, which hasn't trickled down very much at all to many parts of Britain. You go up and down the country, you can see high streets in decline, communities that never recovered from the de-industrialisation of the 1980s. And this is what I'm about changing. Ender Brady's back with us. Morning, mate.
Yeah, good morning, Mike. Good to speak to you again. And you too. What do you make of the changes so far? Healy out of left field to a degree?
Yeah, but you know what? I think that's a little bit of loyalty there as well because he was brave enough to step down and he contributed to Starmer getting the boot because Healy did not like that defence plan and he just quit.
How did Enda Brady describe the long-term economic problems Burnham wants to fix?
So I think it was out of left field. Nobody saw that coming, but John Healy is now Chancellor and he really needs to get a grip on things. The UK, here's a statistic for you, for your money people. The UK is spending every day 780 million NZ dollars servicing the interest on the debt this government owes. That is 8% of everything they take in. 8% of government budgets per annum is being spent on servicing debt. I mean, if the UK was a human being, I think the banks will be digging a hole for that person by now.
Yeah, it's interesting, isn't it? So what do you make of the other appointments? And with the Healey thing, does that mean that Miliband was just too much for the markets and the compromise is foreign?
Yes, I think very much so. I think Ed Miliband coming back in, I mean, I wouldn't personally have him in my cabinet if I was prime minister. I think he's a busted flush. But it's a nod to healing divisions in the Labour Party, keeping them all united. And yes, not having him as chancellor, it just would have been too much for the markets.
How did the hosts introduce Enda Brady and set up the interview?
So he gets foreign secretary. John Healy goes and becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer and Shabana Mahmood, she made it clear she didn't want to leave Home Secretary. So, look, there will be a burn and bounce. I wish Andy well. I've known him a long time. He is a genuine man. He is a workaholic. He actually cares. And I hope as people have been listening and hearing him speak, he can communicate and he'll need to.
The words were nice in terms of those who got shuffled out and there were a lot of them. Do they behave themselves or not? Or we just don't know yet?
Yes, they will behave themselves because ultimately the Labour Party now has a short window in which to convince the public that it is... a party that can continue to govern and win the next election, a party that can see off Nigel Farage and reform UK, and a party that can keep the Conservatives out. So they need to stay together, they need to stay united, and Burnham needs to find some quick wins to make the public... believe what he's telling them because they've had four decades of jam tomorrow here. And guess what? The jam jar is empty.
Yeah, that is true. Mahmood stays Home Secretary. And one of the things he doesn't talk about much, Burnham, is this business of migration or illegal migration. What's he going to do with that? What's a left leaner do with that? Is he soft on it? Is he cracked down on it? What's he do?
Well, let's just nail this now.
Why was John Healey's surprise appointment as Chancellor significant for markets?
He is not as left as people say. I would say he's quite a moderate. I would say he is the centre-right of the Labour Party. Migration is a huge issue. Illegal migration. People breaking into this country. 40,000 people a year are coming across on these dinghies and boats from France. 40,000 people a year. We don't know who they are. We don't know where they're from. A lot of them are undocumented because the criminal gangs driving them over here are telling them to get rid of passports. So it needs tackling. I'll be curious to see how he goes about it.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:05
2
What did Andy Burnham announce as his vision for Number 10 and local power?
0:05–1:00
3
How did Enda Brady describe the long-term economic problems Burnham wants to fix?
1:00–2:05
4
How did the hosts introduce Enda Brady and set up the interview?
2:05–3:32
5
Why was John Healey's surprise appointment as Chancellor significant for markets?
3:32–6:59
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