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This video examines the potential policies of a Farage-led Reform government, focusing on immigration, civil service cuts, and net zero. It suggests their ambitious plans lack detail, face cost underestimations, and will attract heavy media scrutiny.

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Sam Freedman What Would a Reform Government Look Like?
https://samf.substack.com/p/what-would-a-reform-government-be

FT What Would a Reform Government Do?
https://www.ft.com/content/93df6d14-5dc4-4fc3-8d1d-e1950cd00ae1?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Unison Reform UK’s Policy Agenda Explained
https://www.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/2026/04/Reform-UKs-policy-agenda-examined-UNISON.April-2026.pdf

New Economics Foundation The Cost of Reform UK’s Anti-Environmental Policies
https://neweconomics.org/2025/05/the-cost-of-reform-uks-anti-environmental-policies

BBC News Do Reform’s Economic Plans Add Up?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyx4v44438o

Reform UK Operation Restoring Justice
https://assets.nationbuilder.com/reformuk/pages/253/attachments/original/1756202533/REFORM_Immigration_Enforcement.pdf?1756202533

BBC News Reform Prepared to Deport 600,000 Under Migration Plans
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yk4r5e514o

The Guardian Farage Attacked for Ugly Rhetoric of Plan
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/26/nigel-farage-plan-deport-asylum-seekers-scorn-from-legal-experts

Institute for Government Are Reform UK’s Plans for Dealing with Illegal Migration Legally Feasible
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/reform-uk-migration-policy-legally-feasible

Institute for Government Reform UK’s Reported Civil Service Purge Would Be a Mistake
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/reform-uks-civil-service-purge-plan

Telegraph Reform Will Cut Civil Service by 100,000
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/10/28/reform-uk-will-cut-civil-service-by-100000-says-kruger/

UnHeard Is Reform UK Abandoning Economic Populism
https://unherd.com/newsroom/is-reform-uk-abandoning-economic-populism/

The Guardian Reform UK Civil Servants Would Sack More Planning Officers Than Exist
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/26/reform-civil-service-plan-would-sack-more-planning-officers-than-exist

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In this video, we’ll take a look at Andy Burnham’s hypothetical role as the de facto anti-Reform candidate – and whether a Burnham-led Labour Party could see off Nigel Farage.

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Starmer announces his resignation

https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/starmer-resign-labour-burnham-b2999623.html

Makerfield by-election

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jun/18/makerfield-byelection-keir-starmer-andy-burnham-robert-kenyon-labour-leadership-reform-aberdeen-arbroath-uk-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6a34c0828f08c4f67d4d35ba#block-6a34c0828f08c4f67d4d35ba
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/19/reform-uk-weaknesses-makerfield-nigel-farage-labour

Andy Burnham: Britain’s Future Will be Decided in the North (Feb 2025)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/27/westminster-britain-future-north-england

Luke Tryl: Reform has a new set of problems
https://www.ft.com/content/1cf6beda-6e00-46a5-941d-8bb9ebf0cb34

Donald Trump’s popularity in the UK
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54921-how-popular-is-donald-trump-in-europe-may-2026

0:00 Intro
1:27 Context
3:04 Could Burnham see off Farage?
7:26 Sponsor

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In this video, we’re going to explain how we got to our 6th prime minister resignation in 10 years, how Starmer became so unpopular, and what’s likely to happen next.

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Keir Starmer announces his resignation
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/06/22/keir-starmer-resignation-labour-burnham-streeting-no-10/

Makerfield by-election

Wes Streeting backs Burnham as leader
https://x.com/wesstreeting/status/2068998920689062168?s=20

How quickly could Andy Burnham Become PM?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/17/how-quickly-could-andy-burnham-become-the-uks-prime-minister

Where did it go wrong for Starmer?
https://theconversation.com/from-landslide-to-leadership-crisis-where-did-it-all-go-wrong-for-keir-starmer-282935
https://www.politico.eu/article/keir-starmer-7-times-mp-u-turn-uk-parliament/
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/09/how-keir-starmers-polling-became-one-of-the-worst-in-the-west-in-charts

00:00 Intro
01:58 How We Got Here
06:44 What Next?
8:55 Sponsor

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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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We interviewed Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the G7 and discussed why the summit was important, the UK’s defence spending, the upcoming Makerfield by-election and the potential of an Andy Burnham leadership challenge.

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