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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.

Presented by Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey, produced by Frankie Tobi, music by Axel Kacoutié; the executive producer is Danielle StephensThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2026-02-16 · 07:00 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min
Blue Labour, ‘Manchesterism’ and Lords reform: your questions answered – podcast
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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. 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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John Harris's Anywhere But Westminster in Gorton & Denton is available to watch.

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Zack Polanski, Green party leader, was interviewed.

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Andy Burnham was interviewed at the Labour party conference.

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The podcast episode answers questions about Blue Labour, 'Manchesterism', and Lords reform.

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00:00:0000:00:00What is Blue Labour? Can Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ be replicated elsewhere? And is the two-party system over in British politics?In a special episode, Pippa and Kiran take your questions. Please keep sending them to politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.comYou can listen back to Pippa and Kiran’s interviews with Andy Burnham at the Labour Party conference here, and with the Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, here.Watch John Harris’s Anywhere But Westminster in Gorton & Denton here. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images
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