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Re: A reminder on how Andy Burnham performed in his two previous leadership campaigns
ZeroSo glad I’ve got AC in my flat, go London!How much did it cost to install?
Re: A reminder on how Andy Burnham performed in his two previous leadership campaigns
Happy for you to feel that. You have to take it where you can in life. However I doubt he'll be doing anything you approve of and lots that you don't. Something will have gone badly awry otherwise.I wonder if Andy Burnham is going to turn up in the HoC wearing his famous black t-shirt and black jacket.I am feeling moderately optimistic about La Burnham. I think he'll try to be genuinely popular, and I'd like to believe that means giving the shaft to some of the old regime's worst authoritarian and ecoloony policies. That could be misplaced optimism, but hey.
kinabalu
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Re: A reminder on how Andy Burnham performed in his two previous leadership campaigns
Did Burnham stand against Corbyn?Quite a result in Makerfield for a nonentity.
He’s such a nonentity that no one would remember
And he’s now the new white male Labour needs as leader
kinabalu
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Re: A reminder on how Andy Burnham performed in his two previous leadership campaigns
They are not allowed to use those words on Radio 4Profile of Rupert Lowe on Radio 4 at 7pm for 15mins.That long? You would have thought a couple of words would do.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xzmn
Re: A reminder on how Andy Burnham performed in his two previous leadership campaigns
There isn't a rule about ties (though people think there is), but formailty yes.I wonder if Andy Burnham is going to turn up in the HoC wearing his famous black t-shirt and black jacket.He'd surely love to but it's against the rules. And that's a problem for him. The 'outsider' vibe is electoral gold and it could be seriously damaged by a neat suit and tie. I'd be advising him to wear it only in the chamber. Perhaps even make a point of looking uncomfortable in it, like a loveable rogue in the dock.
Accomodations can be made, as for Jared O'Mara during his brief moments in parliament between his criminal activity.
kle4
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Re: A reminder on how Andy Burnham performed in his two previous leadership campaigns
He should wear the black t-shirt and jacket and dare the Speaker to tell him to change. I feel sorry for politicians having to wear suits and ties. They would seem more human dressed more casually.I wonder if Andy Burnham is going to turn up in the HoC wearing his famous black t-shirt and black jacket.He'd surely love to but it's against the rules. And that's a problem for him. The 'outsider' vibe is electoral gold and it could be seriously damaged by a neat suit and tie. I'd be advising him to wear it only in the chamber. Perhaps even make a point of looking uncomfortable in it, like a loveable rogue in the dock.
Re: A reminder on how Andy Burnham performed in his two previous leadership campaigns
https://x.com/realdonaldtrump/status/2068370042018767262He's much better at the inane needle than he is at economics or geopolitics, I'll give him that.
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kinabalu
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Re: A reminder on how Andy Burnham performed in his two previous leadership campaigns
Cold yes, because it's Scotland. Unseasonably so, sadly not. Warmer than averageIt has been an unseasonably cold and rainy (plus sleet a few times) spring and summer in Scotland.No wonder they just voted for more oil drilling.Not looking forward to 37 degrees on Wednesday without AC.Move to Scotland. Forecast here for Wednesday is 19C and overcast
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/api/assets/file/SeasonalAssessment-Spring26pdf?prefix=assets&prefix=assets
MelonB
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Re: A reminder on how Andy Burnham performed in his two previous leadership campaigns
From 1945 to today all UK governments have governed within a fairly fixed frame of social democracy. That this should remain the case is completely uncontested outside the powerless but loud extremes of left and right. I don't think there is the tiniest chance of Burnham changing that.Burnham will govern from the centre right on immigration IMHOI'm gonna be honest I think no one really knows what he will be like. There has been a lot of projection so far. He is someone who has been in many labour groups over the years. What does the real AB actually think?
Within that frame there are big issues of course, of which perhaps the largest are competence at running things, assimilation and borders and migration, communication of a national narrative vision with a bit of hope and uplift, international relationships, and how to pay for the requirements of a modern social democratic state.
If Burnham addressed all those quite well, without bothering about complex beliefs of any sort or tinkering sorts of change, he would be the best PM for some time. Don't hold your breath.
outside rhetoric for the faithful, left, right and all that won't enter into it.
Re: A reminder on how Andy Burnham performed in his two previous leadership campaigns
Cold blob? That’s the Scottish Civil Service!The North Atlantic "Cold Blob":Colder than last year.Cold yes, because it's Scotland. Unseasonably so, sadly not. Warmer than averageIt has been an unseasonably cold and rainy (plus sleet a few times) spring and summer in Scotland.No wonder they just voted for more oil drilling.Not looking forward to 37 degrees on Wednesday without AC.Move to Scotland. Forecast here for Wednesday is 19C and overcast
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/api/assets/file/SeasonalAssessment-Spring26pdf?prefix=assets&prefix=assets
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/12/climate/cold-blob-atlantic-amoc-ocean-circulation