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Starmer's post-Makerfield plan for Burnham and survival
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Ahead of one of history’s most consequential by-elections this week, Keir Starmer has revealed how he plans to persuade Andy Burnham not to launch a leadership challenge.
In this week’s Talking Politics, Robert joins Tom from Evian in France where Starmer is meeting world leaders at the G7 summit - in what could be his last foreign trip as PM.
As voters in Makerfield prepare to head to the polls on Thursday, Robert explains why Starmer’s strategy to stay in Number 10 if Burnham wins the by-election is “almost emotional blackmail”.
And: find out what Robert thinks the PM and Millwall Football Club have in common…
Full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election:
Jake Austin, Liberal Democrats
Count Binface, Count Binface Party
Andy Burnham, Labour Party
Dan Clarke, Libertarian Party
John Alfred Dyer, Independent
Ed Gemmell, Climate Party
Paul Richard Gould, Independent
Alan 'Howlin' Laud Hope, The Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Robert Kenyon, Reform UK
Robert Pownall, Independent
Rebecca Shepherd, Restore Britain
Sarah Wakefield, Green Party
Peter Ward, Rejoin EU