Episode

From The Vault: Andy Burnham, MP for Makerfield and Mayor of Greater Manchester

Podcast

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Published

Jun 18, 2026

Duration seconds

3464

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https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/james-obrien-podcast-full-disclosure-interview/

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Summary

After Andy Burnham's landslide win against Nigel Farage's Reform party in Makerfield, we thought you'd love to hear his interview with James O'Brien again, first released in 2022 Dubbed 'King of the North' at the height of the pandemic, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham speaks to James about why he sees the country of his birth as containing 'two Englands'. After growing up in a catholic Labour family in Aintree, Burnham went on to study at Cambridge but did not fit in. He tells James why.