# Will the real Andy Burnham please stand up? – Weekly Wrap-Up with Alex von Tunzelmann Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/will-the-real-andy-burnham-please-stand-up-weekly-wrap-up-with-alex-von-tunzelmann Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/will-the-real-andy-burnham-please-stand-up-weekly-wrap-up-with-alex-von-tunzelmann.md Podcast: [The Bunker – News without the nonsense](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382) Published: 2026-05-22T03:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2007865590.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2007865590.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/episodes/will-the-real-andy-burnham-please-stand-up-weekly-wrap-up-with-alex-von-tunzelmann Duration seconds: 2171 ## Resource • It’s Podmasters’ 10th birthday! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon backing for The Bunker. The Makerfield by-election is heating up, with Andy Burnham officially entering the race. But what does he really stand for? As he pitches both locally and nationally, we’re a bit confused. Plus: Donald Trump granted tax immunity, the T-Rex arms race, and Keir Starmer waters down Russian oil sanctions. Jacob Jarvis is joined by Alex von Tunzelmann to unpack the biggest stories from the past week. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis with Alex von Tunzelmann. Producer: James Liddell and Jake Preston. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/episodes/will-the-real-andy-burnham-please-stand-up-weekly-wrap-up-with-alex-von-tunzelmann/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/will-the-real-andy-burnham-please-stand-up-weekly-wrap-up-with-alex-von-tunzelmann.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.