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  • Affairs
  • 16 Sep 2026
  • 7 min

Explainer 535: Could Andy Burnham be the UK’s last prime minister?

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  • The Foreign Desk
  • Affairs
  • 7 min

This week the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland signed a joint memorandum declaring that Westminster’s time is “coming to an end”. But is there a clear path to independence?

Host
  • Andrew Mueller
Contributor
  • Jack Jewers
Producers
  • Lily Austin
  • Anita Riotta

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