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Burnham's German plan: Why Britain's new PM is looking to Europe

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July 22, 2026

Brexit was supposed to pull Britain away from Europe. Yet 10 years on, Britain's new prime minister is championing ideas that look strikingly familiar to Germans – ideas which Berlin itself is starting to question. This Berlin Briefing deciphers the similarities between Andy Burnham and Germany‘s chancellor; how London may say goodbye to the Westminster System; and what it all means for NATO

Chapter: 

00:00 Why Burnham is looking to Germany

03:34 Why the UK keeps changing leaders

07:02 The cost of living crisis

10:53 A German model for Britain?

15:31 Regional power, the German way

19:05 Shared problems, different leaders

22:29 How Britain and Germany face the far right

26:33 Berlin’s first signals to Burnham

29:21 Meet Burnham’s inner circle

32:03 Defense spending meets industrial policy

34:46 Europe's Trump challenge

37:51 Can Burnham succeed where others failed?

 

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