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Northern Spin

Chris Maguire & Frank McKenna

Chris Maguire and Frank McKenna are Northern-based political commentators and co-hosts of the Northern Spin podcast.

Maguire is an award-winning journalist and Executive Editor of BusinessCloud, while McKenna is Chief Executive and Group Chairman of Downtown in Business.

Launched in 2022, Northern Spin was created to give the North a stronger voice - cutting through Westminster noise with sharp analysis of politics, business and media from a distinctly Northern perspective.

Now, as Andy Burnham becomes the first Northern-born Prime Minister since Harold Wilson in 1976, Northern Spin returns to separate fact from spin and bring listeners authoritative insight from the North.

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  • 22 episodes
  • Avg 58 min
  • English
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  • S4 · E5
    Jun 6, 2023 · 1 hr 12 min

    Northern Spin - Season 4 - Episode 5: Labour Under the Cosh

    Does the exclusion of Jamie Driscoll in the scrap to be North East Mayor reveal Keir Starmer's strength, or his paranoid weakness? Plus, Andy Burnham seems to get a mention in every single story, why Gordon Brown was in Birkenhead and why Mavis and Deano are the key names to watch in politics.

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