Thank you for joining us tonight for the Makerfield by-election special, which was the last programme before our summer break
You can watch tonight's special back on @BBCOne at 10:40pm
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âWes Streeting seems to have launched a leadership contest, so if that is running, I would seek to join itâ
Labourâs Andy Burnham confirms that if elected, he would run against Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a Labour leadership contest
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âAntisemitism has absolutely no part and no place in the Green Party or in our countryâ
On trust in politics, Green Sarah Wakefield says the party will make sure a âhandfulâ of candidates are âdealt withâ with regards to antisemitism, and vetting has âimprovedâ
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"There is no one else coming to save us, if you have an opinion about what we should do with the country, you have to get involvedâ
Green Sarah Wakefield says she doesnât want to just focus on "Westminster culture" but the âfundamental problemâ of âmassive inequalityâ
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âThe Liberal Democrat plan isnât about rejoining the European Unionâ
Liberal Democrat Jake Austin says voters in Makerfield arenât âbringing upâ Brexit, but the party plan is for âcloser tiesâ with the EU for the economic benefit for places that have been âleft behindâ
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âThis is an election for a potential future Prime Minister via the backdoorâ
Liberal Democrat Jake Austin says Andy Burnham ârefuses to say the quiet part out loudâ that he wants challenge Starmer for Labour leadership, which is ânot the right way to be doing politicsâ
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"There's no two ways about it that we had a massive defeat in 2024⊠you've got to accept and own that we made mistakes"
On trust in politics, Conservative Michael Winstanley says his party are âlooking forwardâ and will âoppose what this Labour government is doingâ
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âYou have got the right⊠to vote people out when they donât do what they have said to doâ
Conservative Michael Winstanley says we should be âjudging politicians on their actionsâ not promises, and claims Andy Burnham is putting âparty firstâ
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âIâve got nothing but respect for women⊠Iâve said things years ago that I wouldnât say nowâ
Reform UKâs Robert Kenyon says he âwonât acceptâ being labelled as âsexistâ, but admits he âmade mistakesâ with comments he made â15 years agoâ that have been âdragged upâ
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"Get normal people in politics, people who care about the place... and not use it as a stepping stone for other things"
Reform UK's Robert Kenyon says less âcareer politiciansâ would âcertainly helpâ politics, saying people in Wigan have been âleft behindâ
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âI would take the fight to change politics, and change this country, as high as I couldâ
On a potential Labour leadership challenge, Andy Burnham says he is âmaking no assumptionsâ on running in the Makerfield by-election, saying he wants to ârebuild politicsâ
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