{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8e80ba05-2f15-4479-a6cc-b2f6635a1fe0/6a394eb09c43d66bc0138e51?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Exit Starmer, enter Burnham ","description":"<p>With Andy Burnham sworn in as an MP and on track to become the UK’s seventh prime minister in 10 years after Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation today, host Lucy Fisher is joined by political editor George Parker and deputy political editor Jim Pickard to assess Starmer’s time in office and discuss how Burnham will have to hit the ground running to avoid the fate of his predecessors.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Follow: Lucy <a href=\"https://x.com/LOS_Fisher\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@LOS_Fisher</a> or @<a href=\"http://lucyfisher.ft.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lucyfisher.ft.com</a>; Jim <a href=\"https://x.com/PickardJE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@PickardJE</a> or <a href=\"mailto:jim.pickard@ft.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">jim.pickard@ft.com</a>; and George <a href=\"https://x.com/GeorgeWParker\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@GeorgeWParker</a> or <a href=\"mailto:george.parker@ft.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">george.parker@ft.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Want more? 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Get 30 days free.</p><p><br></p><p>Political Fix was presented by Lucy Fisher and produced by Persis Love. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Original music and sound engineering by Breen Turner. The global head of audio is Flo Phillips.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/ec3dff7e-7bcd-4130-9a7c-7aedfc8ff2d5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}