Paddy is back from holiday and he’s also back from Ashton-in-Makerfield.
He joins Laura to discuss a new poll that suggests Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain could steal enough votes from Reform UK to hand Andy Burnham a win.
Luke Tryl from More In Common – the pollsters behind the research – also joins with Joe Pike who’s sat in on a focus group they ran.
00:00 Intro
00:18 First look at the constituency poll
01:36 Undecided voters and a tight race
01:54 Who are Restore and why they matter
06:11 Campaign leaflets and doorstep reactions
08:03 Is high voter engagement likely?
16:05 Voters weigh up Burnham’s campaign
21:00 What do people think about Robert Kenyon?
25:02 How the BBC runs its focus groups
29:02 What has shifted during the campaign?
32:40 Outro
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