Blue Labour, ‘Manchesterism’ and Lords reform: your questions answered – podcast
In a special podcast episode, Pippa and Kiran from The Guardian's "Politics Weekly UK" answer listener questions about British politics. The episode explores the ideology of Blue Labour, the potential for replicating Andy Burnham's "Manchesterism" in other regions, and the future of the two-party system in the UK.

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AI-generatedIn a special podcast episode, Pippa and Kiran from The Guardian's "Politics Weekly UK" answer listener questions about British politics. The episode explores the ideology of Blue Labour, the potential for replicating Andy Burnham's "Manchesterism" in other regions, and the future of the two-party system in the UK. Listeners can find previous interviews with Andy Burnham from the Labour party conference and Green party leader Zack Polanski. The episode also references John Harris's "Anywhere But Westminster" segment filmed in Gorton & Denton. Listeners are encouraged to submit further questions to politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.com.
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4 extractedJohn Harris's Anywhere But Westminster in Gorton & Denton is available to watch.
Zack Polanski, Green party leader, was interviewed.
Andy Burnham was interviewed at the Labour party conference.
The podcast episode answers questions about Blue Labour, 'Manchesterism', and Lords reform.