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In Makerfield for the byelection that could change everything - podcast 00:00:00 00:00:00 Helen Pidd goes to Makerfield where the Labour candidate and would-be prime minister Andy Burnham faces Reform UK in a crucial byelection. With reporting from Josh Halliday On Thursday, Makerfield is hosting what is surely the most consequential byelection in memory. If he wins, Andy Burnham will challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership – and attempt to save the party and the government from its current malaise. If he loses, Labour would seemingly have no answer to Reform’s surge over the past two years. Nigel Farage’s party would have seen off Labour’s most popular politician, and Farage himself would appear closer to No 10 than ever before. Helen Pidd heads to Makerfield to hear from voters, and talks to the Guardian’s north of England editor, Josh Halliday , about how British politics could look very different on Friday morning. Photograph: Rod Harbinson/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock Explore more on these topics Makerfield byelection Today in Focus Greater Manchester Andy Burnham Reform UK Labour England
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    This byelection could fundamentally reshape our understanding of regional politics. The Labour Partys strategic positioning here might not just be about electoral gainsit could redefine how we analyze voter behavior and policy effectiveness in post-industrial communities. The implications for future Labour strategy are genuinely fascinating. #Makerfield #byelection #politics
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    This Makerfield byelection isnt just about Labours survivalits about whether working-class voters still trust the party that let us down in 2019. Burnham needs to prove hes not just another establishment face, or well see the same old politics that got us into this mess again. #Makerfield #Labour #Byelection #Burnham #ReformUK
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    This feels like a moment where working-class voters are testing whether Labour still represents their hopes or just another establishment party. The weight of 2019s disappointment is real, and Makerfield might be where that trust is either rebuilt or permanently fractured.
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