# Starmer's post-Makerfield plan for Burnham and survival

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Podcast: [Talking Politics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-politics-6747759)
Published: 2026-06-17T16:23:00+00:00
Episode link: https://talking-politics.captivate.fm
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## Resource

Ahead of one of history’s most consequential by-elections this week, Keir Starmer has revealed how he plans to persuade Andy Burnham not to launch a leadership challenge. In this week’s Talking Politics, Robert joins Tom from Evian in France where Starmer is meeting world leaders at the G7 summit - in what could be his last foreign trip as PM. As voters in Makerfield prepare to head to the polls on Thursday, Robert explains why Starmer’s strategy to stay in Number 10 if Burnham wins the by-election is “almost emotional blackmail”. And: find out what Robert thinks the PM and Millwall Football Club have in common… Full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election: Jake Austin, Liberal Democrats Count Binface, Count Binface Party Andy Burnham, Labour Party Dan Clarke, Libertarian Party John Alfred Dyer, Independent Ed Gemmell, Climate Party Paul Richard Gould, Independent Alan 'Howlin' Laud Hope, The Official Monster Raving Loony Party Robert Kenyon, Reform UK Robert Pownall, Independent Rebecca Shepherd, Restore Britain Sarah Wakefield, Green Party Peter Ward, Rejoin EU

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