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Re: Meet the man who could ruin the Burnham premiership – politicalbetting.com
One thing it hasn't been driven by is left wing Socialism.If one good thing comes out of a Burnham premiership, it is surely that Britain has to build and invest in its infrastructure. I've been very impressed by the growth in Manchester over the past decade plus, as people like yourself, Rochdale and Cookie will likely testify.Have you been to Manchester lately?Burnham will quickly emerge as the most compelling figure in Western politics other than Trump.Burnham would also be the most leftwing leader of the G7. Ten years of Burnham as PM and the UK would be heading towards socialism
He will be fresher than Macron, have a stronger domestic position than Merz, run a more important country than Carney and have more international relevance than Meloni.
If he plays his cards right, he could be PM for a decade.
We need this kind of development right across all regions, unlock the tools to get the north of England, Scotland, Wales etc growing, and to spread wealth across the UK, rather than keep it bottled in London and the home counties.
Who he picks as Chancellor will be crucial to this.
Re: Meet the man who could ruin the Burnham premiership – politicalbetting.com
Meanwhile here on the night sleeper from Izmir to Ankara, we've broken down. In traditional style there have been zero announcements. Just sitting stationary on the track for an hour. I only found out we'd broken down when I asked the man at the buffet car for a kofte and he wrote on Google translate "the train has broken down so I cannot cook".You've still got Internet access though, which is a bit ironic
Broken down also means the a/c is out of action. Nobody seems particularly bothered, yet.
CatMan
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Re: Meet the man who could ruin the Burnham premiership – politicalbetting.com
We can live in hope.Burnham will quickly emerge as the most compelling figure in Western politics other than Trump.Burnham would also be the most leftwing leader of the G7. Ten years of Burnham as PM and the UK would be heading towards socialism
He will be fresher than Macron, have a stronger domestic position than Merz, run a more important country than Carney and have more international relevance than Meloni.
If he plays his cards right, he could be PM for a decade.
Re: Meet the man who could ruin the Burnham premiership – politicalbetting.com
Starmer reportedly considering telling his supporters to back Streeting and nominate him for leader to stop a Burnham coronation if Burnham launches a leadership challenge Daily Mail now reportingAbsolutely ridiculous but IRRELEVANT as Streeting doesn't have the numbers.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15916571/Starmer-sabotage-Burnham-backing-Streeting-Labour-leadership.html
Re: Meet the man who could ruin the Burnham premiership – politicalbetting.com
Don't let them get away with a sleight of hand.You say this like it is a good thing! Actually I am pretty sure you don't think that but we really do need to try and change the debate about migration, at least amongst those of us who are not trying to get elected so don't have to worry about what the Faragistas think.
Tories and Farage called for a fall in NET MIGRATION for years.
Decent chance Labour achieves net emigration next year.
The whole debate is framed around the idea the migration is bad. This needs to change.
Re: Meet the man who could ruin the Burnham premiership – politicalbetting.com
Andrew Lilico
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This is the definitive moment of Starmer's political career: demanding everyone be locked up in our houses for months extra on the basis of epically wrong fantasy estimates about Covid, whilst massively condemning Johnson for wanting to set us free.
https://x.com/andrew_lilico/status/2068747994439077896
@andrew_lilico
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This is the definitive moment of Starmer's political career: demanding everyone be locked up in our houses for months extra on the basis of epically wrong fantasy estimates about Covid, whilst massively condemning Johnson for wanting to set us free.
https://x.com/andrew_lilico/status/2068747994439077896
Re: By every metric Burnham leads Starmer – politicalbetting.com
‘Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, advised Donald Trump not to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, having called the Ukrainian president a “little fucker”, a “special-needs child” and “Mr Bean on crack”, according to a new book.’No.
https://x.com/shashj/status/2068356203659280831
Never forgave Zelensky for standing up to him in Kyiv and refusing to sign away Ukraine’s mineral rights. According to our correspondent who saw Bessent, immediately afterwards, he was trembling after meeting Zelensky
https://x.com/gideonrachman/status/2068637907670241459
Is there a single normal person in the Trump administration ?
ydoethur
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Re: Meet the man who could ruin the Burnham premiership – politicalbetting.com
Starmer reportedly considering telling his supporters to back Streeting and nominate him for leader to stop a Burnham coronation if Burnham launches a leadership challenge Daily Mail now reportingEither the Daily Fail or Starmer is trolling. My bet is in the former.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15916571/Starmer-sabotage-Burnham-backing-Streeting-Labour-leadership.html
IanB2
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Re: Meet the man who could ruin the Burnham premiership – politicalbetting.com
The smart political move is to stay distant from Trump, not suck up to him as Starmer did. Starmer was using the post WW2 playbook but its out of date and he had no original thoughts on the matter (as usual). I think Burnham will see where the votes are.
DavidL
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Re: Meet the man who could ruin the Burnham premiership – politicalbetting.com
If one good thing comes out of a Burnham premiership, it is surely that Britain has to build and invest in its infrastructure. I've been very impressed by the growth in Manchester over the past decade plus, as people like yourself, Rochdale and Cookie will likely testify.Have you been to Manchester lately?Burnham will quickly emerge as the most compelling figure in Western politics other than Trump.Burnham would also be the most leftwing leader of the G7. Ten years of Burnham as PM and the UK would be heading towards socialism
He will be fresher than Macron, have a stronger domestic position than Merz, run a more important country than Carney and have more international relevance than Meloni.
If he plays his cards right, he could be PM for a decade.
We need this kind of development right across all regions, unlock the tools to get the north of England, Scotland, Wales etc growing, and to spread wealth across the UK, rather than keep it bottled in London and the home counties.
Who he picks as Chancellor will be crucial to this.
DoctorG
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