# Quite right!: why Starmer won’t go quietly

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Podcast: [Best of the Spectator](https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373)
Published: 2026-06-09T23:01:00+00:00
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## Resource

This week: Keir Starmer’s legacy, Andy Burnham’s next move – and should there be a general election?  With the Makerfield by-election just days away, Michael Gove is joined by Rachel Johnson to ask whether an Andy Burnham victory would spell the end of Keir Starmer’s premiership. Could Starmer really fight on – or is the Labour party heading for a regicidal ‘bloodbath’? They discuss Starmer’s record in government, whether Labour has become the ‘welfare party’, and if Burnham could offer the party anything more than a political glow-up. Also on the podcast: Kemi Badenoch’s revival, the threat from Reform, and whether the right is actually ready for a general election.  Produced by Oscar Edmondson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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