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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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  • 63 episodes
  • Updated July 20

Episodes63

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  • Sep 27, 2022 · 32 min

    NorthernSpin - Episode 3

    This week the Northern Spin podcast is coming from Liverpool where Michael Taylor is attending Labour Party conference and Chris Maguire is hanging out with River Capital, an investment business in the city. On the agenda, the ‘Kami Kwazi’ budget, Labour, fracking and Our Friends in the North.

  • Sep 20, 2022 · 32 min

    NorthernSpin - Episode 2

    As life begins to return to normal after the Queen’s funeral, Michael Taylor and Chris Maguire discuss Manchester Airport’s ongoing problems, the challenges facing universities and why it’s a defining week for the Labour and the Conservatives.

  • Sep 13, 2022 · 30 min

    NorthernSpin - Episode 1

    It’s been a week that changed the world. The appointment of Liz Truss as Prime Minister on Tuesday was almost forgotten by the sudden death of the Queen on Thursday. Michael Taylor and Chris Maguire paid tribute to the country’s longest-serving monarch before looking at whether Truss will be a good PM for the North.