Politics

[masi 51]

20 minutes ago, kent_white said:

What's our collective opinion on Burnham then? 

I think he's done well as Mayor of Manchester and his heart usually seems in the right place (for me at least). 

He's another that usually gives straight answers. 

I'd like to see a northern powerhouse of him, Raynor and Lisa Nandy (who I'm a big fan of - obviously despite her Wigan credentials). 

He has bolloxed the roads up in his current role......Will bollox the country up

 

 

[Bertie]

1 hour ago, DirtySanchez said:

So just after Farage receives £5m he buys a house for £1.4m in cash 

Yet let's his wife buy a house with no income 

 

 

I’m surprised given he’s such a man of the people 🙄.

https://news.sky.com/story/nigel-farage-bought-1-4m-property-after-receiving-5m-gift-from-british-crypto-billionaire-sky-news-learns-13543909

Safe to say puts Starmer’s glasses and even Boris’ wallpaper into perspective.

[kent_white]

46 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Streeting is decent - folk should have a look into his background, very interesting.

But it appears more folks like those who are born with silver spoons telling them what to do whilst taking nice chunky payments from their mates.pushing theor agendas.

Ah well.

Streeting is a Tory in red clothing and has made some huge fuck ups in the NHS. 

We know about his background because he mentions it in every twatting interview 😁

[kent_white]

46 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

He has bolloxed the roads up in his current role......Will bollox the country up

 

 

In what way do you think he bollocksed the roads up? They seem pretty much identical to me.

[kent_white]

Booooo!

[DirtySanchez]

4 minutes ago, kent_white said:

Booooo!

But if you've got an economy doing nicely and it doesn't grow then you're maybe not that bothered 

If you've got an economy doing shit, it grows a bit to less shit it's not that great 

A bit like Burnley winning thinking they would stay up because they picked up more points than Arsenal 

Edited 57 minutes ago by DirtySanchez

[Ani]

3 minutes ago, kent_white said:

Booooo!

The problem is the Labour in fighting takes the headlines. 

[little whitt]

Andy Burnham 

Going For It 

[kent_white]

4 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

But if you've got an economy doing nicely and it doesn't grow then you're maybe not that bothered 

If you've got an economy doing shit, it grows a bit to less shit it's not that great 

A bit like Burnley winning thinking they would stay up because they picked up more points than Arsenal 

I'll take whatever positives I can. Things might just be starting to turn the corner as these things do take time. 

Let's see if it continues. 

[jmjhb]

Josh Simons (Labour MP for Makerfield) resigned

[Sweep]

3 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Josh Simons (Labour MP for Makerfield) resigned

Wonder how much they bunged him to do that

[DirtySanchez]

3 minutes ago, kent_white said:

I'll take whatever positives I can. Things might just be starting to turn the corner as these things do take time. 

Let's see if it continues. 

It's positive but just saying comparing it to other countries isn't giving it context 

[Dimron]

7 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Josh Simons (Labour MP for Makerfield) resigned

Hilarious if Greens get in!

[jmjhb]

2 minutes ago, Dimron said:

Hilarious if Greens get in!

The constituency is 98% white, Reform are the danger to him here. 'Only' a 5K majority but you'd think Burnham is local enough to win.

Edited 42 minutes ago by jmjhb

[kent_white]

4 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

It's positive but just saying comparing it to other countries isn't giving it context 

I know. It's more nuanced than that. But it does suggest that for now at least - we've been robust enough to maintain decent performance despite what's happening in Iran. When we'd been widely predicted to be the country most at risk from negative impacts in the G7

[deeane Koontz]

 

[Dimron]

9 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

The constituency is 98% white, Reform are the danger to him here. 'Only' a 5K majority but you'd think Burnham is local enough to win.

It'd certainly piss on the collective bonfire!

[Dimron]

3 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said:

 

He left Westminster because the heat was on... fiddling £17k per year (2015 prices) for rental expenses

[Sweep]

3 minutes ago, Dimron said:

It'd certainly piss on the collective bonfire!

It'd be ace if the Greens and Conservative party said they're not going to contest the seat

[Zulu]

The question now. Is the NEC stupid enough to block Burnham from standing in the Makerfield constituency? They might be. 😀

More popcorn required, I do believe. 

Edited 10 minutes ago by Zulu

[Tonge moor green jacket]

14 minutes ago, Zulu said:

Th question now. Is the NEC stupid enough to block Burnham from standing in the Makerfield constituency? They might be. 😀

More popcorn required, I do believe. 

Reform was the second largest party there in 2024.

Might be wrong, but I think the last by-election (Runcorn iirc) Labour's majority may have been higher than this one, but was lost.

There is no guarantee that Burnham wins it.

[BobyBrno]

Looking at the seat for the local elections, Reform won it from Labour. It’ll be interesting to see who Reform put up. They will have to be squeaky clean because of the amount of scrutiny they will be under. 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

55 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

But if you've got an economy doing nicely and it doesn't grow then you're maybe not that bothered 

If you've got an economy doing shit, it grows a bit to less shit it's not that great 

A bit like Burnley winning thinking they would stay up because they picked up more points than Arsenal 

Growth per se is vanity. Nothing more. 

Per capita is better, but even then far from reality.

The country can have a massive GDP, but if the government is spanking away far more than the tax yield from that GDP, it's immaterial. 

Just get broke.