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Live News,02 Jul 2026,30 mins

Is Burnham prepared for Number 10?

Newsnight

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Andy Burnham gives his first interview since launching his bid for Number 10. As key Labour aide Morgan McSweeney says Labour wasn't prepared last time despite years of preparation, how can the next PM pull it off within weeks? And Donald Trump has changed the Presidency for ever says the author of a new book he calls fake news. Can the White House ever be the same again? Paddy O'Connell asks Matthew Syed and the historian Dame Mary Beard.

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