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The Makerfield By-Election Explained

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This morning it was announced that Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield By-Election, returning Burnham to Parliament putting him on track to challenge Starmer for leadership. In this video we unpack the results of the election, and if Burnham could become the next PM very soon.

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Survation, Makerfield By-Election Pre-Poll
https://cdn.survation.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/15164649/Makerfield_Initial_Estimate_Note.pdf

Independent, Can Andy Burnham Actually Beat Reform?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/burnham-starmer-makerfield-odds-reform-by-election-labour-b2978537.html

James Heale Makerfield Ward Results Local Election 2026
https://x.com/JAHeale/status/2054963026193748418

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The Holborn & St Pancras Election Explained

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Yesterday, Holborn and St. Pancras headed to the polls to select a new MP (replacing former MP Keir Starmer). With another leader on the ballot, the Green’s Zack Polanski, all eyes were on the race… one Polanski ultimately lost.

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Will the UK Rejoin the EU?

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It’s been a few days now, but the UK is still responding to the reverberations caused by Andy Burnham’s bombshell conference speech. But in this video, we’re going to focus on one of his speech’s last topics: the UK-EU relationship.

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Remainers: Why Hasn’t the Economy Collapsed Yet? – Brexit Explained

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Before the Brexit referendum, a whole bunch of MPs explained to Britain how the economy would collapse post-Brexit. While Brexit hasn’t yet happened, some did say that the destruction would take place immediately after the vote; which didn’t exactly happen as expected. So in this video, we explain what’s happened and why the economy hasn’t done too badly in the end.

[1] – shorturl.at/cefrY
[2] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/timeseries/mgsx/lms
[3] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/quarterlynationalaccounts/apriltojune2019
[4] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/compendium/unitedkingdomnationalaccountsthebluebook/2019/nationalaccountsataglance
[5] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/timeseries/mgsx/lms
[6] – https://www.economist.com/britain/2019/10/31/britains-economy-is-holding-up-well-for-now
[7] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/bulletins/familyspendingintheuk/financialyearending2018#household-spending-in-fye-2018-was-the-highest-since-fye-2005
[8] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/timeseries/dgd8/ukea

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May’s Proposed Brexit Deal Explained – Explaining Brexit

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The UK and EU have finally reached an agreement on the terms of the UK leaving the EU. We discuss what is included in this 585 page proposed deal. Including the Irish/Northern Irish backstop, citizens rights, and the divorce payment.

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Can Burnham “Reindustrialise” the UK? (probably not)

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In this video, we’ll explain the government’s plan to reindustrialise Britain, and whether it could actually work.

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Healey promises a “new age of industrialisation”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdx53edkglgo
https://www.ft.com/content/46c33655-91ec-4120-8d0f-f0062835aa1b?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Manufacturing in the UK
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/22/four-facts-about-uk-manufacturing
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Share-of-employment-in-manufacturing-in-Europe-1970-2016_fig2_338902321

Deindustrialisation in the UK

Privatising the UK’s nationalised industries in the1980s

‘Reindustrialisation’
https://futureoftheleft.substack.com/p/reindustrialising-britain
https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/08/27/british-politicians-want-a-manufacturing-jobs-boom

Manufacturing in the US
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-employment-boom-leaves-factory-workers-behind-2024-04-04/

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