Wes Streeting Is Sabotaging Burnham’s By-Election
Wes Streeting has invoked the B-word, and it’s not Burnham for once.
Plus: We talk to Ben Walker, co-founder of Britain Elects and Senior Data Journalist at The New Statesman, about his predictions for the Makerfield by-election when adjusted for ‘The Burnham Effect’, legal chaos continues as reporting restrictions covering the convictions of four Palestine Action activists are lifted, while contempt proceedings brought against one of their barristers are chucked out on appeal. Finally, Richard Hames took to the streets at this week’s rally to investigate what, if anything, unites the Unite The Kingdom movement.
With Michael Walker and Stephen Methven.
- Published 18 May 2026