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“Do we now have a two-tier policing policy?” Watch what the Question Time panel said on this audience question Catch up with the whole of this week’s #bbcqt Makerfield by-election special, on @BBCSounds and @BBCiPlayer now: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x87

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“How can politicians restore trust and confidence?” Watch what the Question Time panel said on this audience question Catch up with the whole of this week’s #bbcqt Makerfield by-election special, on @BBCSounds and @BBCiPlayer now: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x87

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Thank you for joining us tonight for the Makerfield by-election special, which was the last programme before our summer break You can watch tonight's special back on @BBCOne at 10:40pm Keep an eye on our feeds to catch the announcement for the next run of #bbcqt programmes
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“Wes Streeting seems to have launched a leadership contest, so if that is running, I would seek to join it” Labour’s Andy Burnham confirms that if elected, he would run against Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a Labour leadership contest #bbcqt
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“Antisemitism has absolutely no part and no place in the Green Party or in our country” On trust in politics, Green Sarah Wakefield says the party will make sure a “handful” of candidates are “dealt with” with regards to antisemitism, and vetting has “improved” #bbcqt
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"There is no one else coming to save us, if you have an opinion about what we should do with the country, you have to get involved” Green Sarah Wakefield says she doesn’t want to just focus on "Westminster culture" but the “fundamental problem” of “massive inequality” #bbcqt
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“The Liberal Democrat plan isn’t about rejoining the European Union” Liberal Democrat Jake Austin says voters in Makerfield aren’t “bringing up” Brexit, but the party plan is for “closer ties” with the EU for the economic benefit for places that have been “left behind” #bbcqt
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“This is an election for a potential future Prime Minister via the backdoor” Liberal Democrat Jake Austin says Andy Burnham “refuses to say the quiet part out loud” that he wants challenge Starmer for Labour leadership, which is “not the right way to be doing politics” #bbcqt
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"There's no two ways about it that we had a massive defeat in 2024
 you've got to accept and own that we made mistakes" On trust in politics, Conservative Michael Winstanley says his party are “looking forward” and will “oppose what this Labour government is doing” #bbcqt
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“You have got the right
 to vote people out when they don’t do what they have said to do” Conservative Michael Winstanley says we should be “judging politicians on their actions” not promises, and claims Andy Burnham is putting “party first” #bbcqt
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“I’ve got nothing but respect for women
 I’ve said things years ago that I wouldn’t say now” Reform UK’s Robert Kenyon says he “won’t accept” being labelled as “sexist”, but admits he “made mistakes” with comments he made “15 years ago” that have been “dragged up” #bbcqt
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