# Andy Burnham (in his own words) on indyref2 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/scotcast-7160589/andy-burnham-in-his-own-words-on-indyref2 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/scotcast-7160589/andy-burnham-in-his-own-words-on-indyref2.md Podcast: [Scotcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/scotcast-7160589) Published: 2026-06-24T16:00:00+00:00 Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ntvw95 Audio file: http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0ntwwq3.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scotcast-7160589/episodes/andy-burnham-in-his-own-words-on-indyref2 Duration seconds: 1395 ## Resource If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘Starmer’s off – but can Burnham save Scottish Labour?’: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xzdf Andy Burnham (pictured) looks increasingly likely to be become Prime Minister unopposed after Cabinet minister Darren Jones ruled himself out of the Labour leadership contest. Former Scottish Labour MSP Neil Findlay tells us why he believes Burnham could shift the party’s position on Scottish independence. And Scotcast’s Caitlin Fairlie picks out some of the eye-catching proposals in the Makerfield MP’s 2024 book ‘Head North’. Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by David Wallace Lockhart. Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scotcast-7160589/episodes/andy-burnham-in-his-own-words-on-indyref2/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/scotcast-7160589/andy-burnham-in-his-own-words-on-indyref2.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.