🌹 Alastair Campbell on the success of levelling up, what Tony Blair did for the North and how the 'red wall' deserted Labour 🥳 The Eurovision party arrives in Liverpool

As Tony Blair's official spokesman and director of communications Alastair Campbell was in the room where it happened for some of the biggest decisions of the last Labour government.  Now a journalist, author, strategist, broadcaster and activist, he's behind one of the country's leading politics podcasts and has just released a new book about how normal people can get involved in politics.  But this week he's on The Northern Agenda podcast talking to Rob Parsons about his childhood in Keighley, West Yorkshire, the success of levelling up, what Tony Blair did for the North and how the 'red wall' deserted Labour. Oh and the success of his beloved Burnley FC. And Rob chats with the Liverpool Echo's Liam Thorp about the big stories of the week. As Eurovision fever takes over Liverpool, do the local election results mean Rishi Sunak has met his Waterloo? And will nationalising TransPennine Express make rail services in the North Ooh Aah Just A Little Bit better (sorry)? *** The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons, and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin. You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices