# Can anyone challenge Andy Burnham for PM? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-fix-742171/can-anyone-challenge-andy-burnham-for-pm Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-fix-742171/can-anyone-challenge-andy-burnham-for-pm.md Podcast: [Political Fix](https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-fix-742171) Published: 2026-06-23T17:04:19+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/ft-politics/episodes/can-anyone-challenge-andy-burnham-for-pm Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ft-politics/e/6a3abc9495244c4a610911a2/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/political-fix-742171/episodes/can-anyone-challenge-andy-burnham-for-pm Duration seconds: 2144 ## Resource Can any other Labour MP amass sufficient support to challenge Andy Burnham for the top job, or is his ascent to No 10 now all but assured? Just 24 hours after Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation as prime minister, host Lucy Fisher is joined by FT colleagues Miranda Green, Robert Shrimsley and Chris Smyth to discuss the merits of a leadership contest over a coronation, who will win big roles in a Burnham cabinet and his early policy priorities. Plus the group considers the political ripples that a Burnham government will have on the other parties. Follow: Lucy @LOS_Fisher or @ lucyfisher.ft.com ; Chris: @Smyth_Chris and @chris-smyth.bsky.social; Miranda: @greenmiranda and @greenmirandahere.bsky.social and Robert: @robertshrimsley and @robertshrimsley.bsky.social Want more?   Labour MPs consider backing challenger to Andy Burnham Waiting for Andy: what will a Burnham premiership mean? The 10 headaches Starmer is handing to Burnham The revolving door of Downing Street Why does Britain keep changing prime ministers? Labour’s Burnham sceptics don’t have the numbers to stop him Join the Political Fix panel on Thursday June 25 for an FT Live event, ‘Ten years after Brexit: Can the UK deliver change?’ Register to take part at ft.com/anniversary and send us your questions.     You can also sign up here for Stephen Bush’s morning newsletter Inside Politics for straight-talking insight into the stories that matter, plus puns and tongue (mostly) in cheek views. Get 30 days free. Political Fix was presented by Lucy Fisher and produced by Persis Love and Clare Williamson. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Original music and sound engineering by Breen Turner. The global head of audio is Flo Phillips. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/political-fix-742171/episodes/can-anyone-challenge-andy-burnham-for-pm/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-fix-742171/can-anyone-challenge-andy-burnham-for-pm.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.