Emergency Podcast: Burnham Begins

In this episode, Alan and Jem discuss the first few days of Andy Burnham’s leadership of the Labour Party and the United Kingdom. We talk about his dramatic acceptance speech, his appointment of a new government and try to work out if he and they really think they are going to make a historic break with neoliberalism. correction – contrary to what we said on the show, Louise Haigh is MP for Sheffleld Heeley. Not sure where I got the idea she was representing a Notts constituency. For more information about Culture, Power, Politics, including information about live events, see culturepowerpolitics.org If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here: https://patreon.com/culturepowerpolitics. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/xu2grba5tt Btc donations: bc1q64590fsdzxe7rmfgp7f2jc97v7rp8fr4n0lspf