{"podcast":{"title":"The Opinion Brief","slug":"the-opinion-brief-7812172","podcast_index_feed_id":7812172,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69d4dc9917813d9ba703342b","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/the-opinion-brief-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69d4dc9917813d9ba703342b/1775648465985-d90e4bdf-9a66-4093-9408-2ff1540d3082.jpeg","author":"More in Common","episode_count":9,"summary":"The essential weekly update on what the British public thinks and why. Brought to you by More in Common UK and Luke Tryl. Episodes published every Thursday in time for the morning commute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-opinion-brief-7812172"},"episode":{"title":"Make or Break(erfield)","slug":"make-or-break-erfield","published_at":"2026-05-21T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-opinion-brief-7812172/make-or-break-erfield","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-opinion-brief-7812172","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-opinion-brief-podcast/episodes/6a0de40a11eba3cf15fc4b60","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69d4dc9917813d9ba703342b/e/6a0de40a11eba3cf15fc4b60/media.mp3","summary":"With Burnham now confirmed as the Labour candidate for the Makerfield by-election, this week’s episode takes a look at the constituency and Burnham’s chances. For our deep dive segment, we go into what recent elections tell us about exactly who votes for each party. In this episode: The latest voting intention and party leader approval ratings. In a hypothetical election with Burnham as leader, could Labour beat Reform? A rundown of the Makerfield constituency: what chance does Burnham have? In an era of voter realignment, what does the average voter now look like? Eurovision: do Britons care? ***** Access todays graphs, charts and images: https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/newsletter/the-opinion-brief-podcast/ For more from the podcast: https://linktr.ee/OpinionBriefPod Contact us: hello@moreincommon.com Read more: https://www.moreincommon.org.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"With Burnham now confirmed as the Labour candidate for the Makerfield by-election, this week’s episode takes a look at the constituency and Burnham’s chan…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3033,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-opinion-brief-7812172/episodes/make-or-break-erfield/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-opinion-brief-7812172/make-or-break-erfield.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}