{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/6a58f55b78e0412bc6b241bc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The remarkable rise of Andy Burnham","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1784214491936-e8ea45f0-6d38-465c-b9fb-1ea542871839.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Today, Andy Burnham will be crowned Labour leader. On Monday, he'll become Prime Minister -- Britain's fifth in as many years. But questions are still lingering over the direction he’ll take the government. And more than that, people are still trying to decipher who the man really is. We turn to our man in Westminster, who has spent plenty of time with Burnham, to try to get some answers.</p><p><br></p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: </em><a href=\"http://thetimes.com/thestory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http://thetimes.com/thestory</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Guest: </strong>Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times.</p><p><strong>Host: </strong>Luke Jones.</p><p><strong>Producers: </strong>Harry Stott.</p><p><strong>We want to hear from you - email:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:thestory@thetimes.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">thestory@thetimes.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/andy-burnham-break-unaccountable-state-82tlcmrh0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Burnham wants to break ‘unaccountable state’</a></p><p><strong>Further listening: </strong><a href=\"https://pod.fo/e/43c142\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Will Burnham scrap the most expensive promise in politics?</a></p><p><strong>Clips:</strong> Andy Burnham / X, BBC, Coljax Parliament / Youtube, LBC, Nimrod Kamer / Youtube, Manchester Evening News, The Mirror.</p><p><strong>Photo:</strong> Getty Images.</p>","author_name":"The Times"}