PoliticsBurnham’s German plan: Why Britain’s new PM is looking to Europe

Brexit was intended to move Britain away from Europe, but a decade later the country’s new prime minister is promoting ideas that look notably German. The discussion asks why Andy Burnham is borrowing from a model Germany itself is beginning to question. It also examines the unexpected similarities between Burnham and Friedrich Merz. London-based German journalists Annette Dittert and Birgit Maass join the Berlin Briefing podcast to consider where London may be heading.