It won’t be Coronation Burnham but it could be Coronation Streeting? – politicalbetting.com
It won’t be Coronation Burnham but it could be Coronation Streeting? – politicalbetting.com
Wes Streeting confirms he will stand if Labour leadership race is triggeredEx-health secretary sets out fledgling policy platform – including call for new special relationship with EUwww.theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Am not sure Streeting's rejoin the EU ultimately platform is the best way to win back the redwall though, even Starmer might be better able to hold those seats given he has never said since we left the EU we should rejoin, only have a closer relationship with the block. Streeting is hoping clear blue water with Starmer on reversing Brexit would help him win over enough Labour members to beat Starmer I suspect if Burnham loses the by election. Streeting also condemned the winter fuel cut and humiliating u turn, again distancing himself from the PM. He would want to squeeze the LD and Green vote with his reverse Brexit agenda if he became Labour leader to beat Reform and the Tories and hope his apology for the WFA cut wins him swing voters.
Note Streeting again warned Farage as PM would see the UK break up, matching his claim last week Reform are an English nationalist party (despite the fact Reform were second in Scotland and Wales in the devolved parliament elections this month and even polled higher in Wales than England in the local elections)
Chelsea don't really deserve to be behind, but that was some finish
If Andy makes pro-Europe noises now, it's harder for him to become an MP. If he doesn't, it's harder for him to become PM.
If Mr Mayor hadn't spent quite so much time making life difficult for Labour in Westminster, one might almost feel sorry for him.
Currently 9 degrees C in Scotland, hurry up Tues/Wednesday when it gets warmer. Akureyri in Iceland 60 miles from the Arctic circle is 3 degrees warmer.
Bring back Punishing Percy Sugden.
Makerfield by-election is historic for Labour. Lose & they’re headed for destruction. Easily most important by-election since 1922 (Newport!)
A leave voting constituency. So Wes Streeting says he wants to rejoin the EU with a month to go.
Do they want to kill the party?!!
I also think enough Lab MPs won’t want Burnham to think he’s the best thing since David Attenborough* so will want to hold his feet to the fire a bit.
IMHO he is only out hyped by the band Angine de Poitrine who music writers are wetting their pants over but are actually really shit.
*David Attenborough is apparently older than sliced bread.
Small club mentality
It's not cheap being a football fan, have you seen London prices/final ticket prices.
There is not a chance in hell either United nor Liverpool would ever have an empty seat at Wembley for any match, yet City with that huge commercial deal, presumably as they have fans everywhere, regularly cannto get close to selling it out.
Suggests to me that City have far fewer supporters than the commercial deals they sign suggest, maybe the Premier should look into that.
Maybe I just haven't noticed past few years, but I genuinely thought FA Cup final was a sell out every year. Looking at attendance number (unless something has changed about how many ticket they make available) that hasn't been the case for quite a while.
To hold Makerfield in 63% Leave Wigan Burnham will have to distance himself from Streeting and refuse to back a full rejoin of the EU. Streeting has the luxury that his Ilford North seat is in Redbridge which was 54% Remain in 2016
https://x.com/billmaher/status/2055483964023099847
I mean I had to laugh my head off when Man City claimed a bigger sponsorship deal of not only Liverpool & Manchester United but of Real Madrid.
It's remarkable what you can do when you're owned by a nation.
He seems after the earlier fiasco to be more cunning . Get the conversation onto the EU which Burnham is desperate to avoid .
Surely much more sensible to have gone down this route in the final week.
Unless of course he has plans for more to drive the discussion over the next couple of weeks.
Yesterday I stood in the exact spot where, according to Bede, Paulinus converted the Northumbrian people to Christianity - in the summer of 627AD: thereby baptising England
Today in Parliament Square…
A paper published by a friend in the active travel niche, who became disabled in 2020 in her 30s, reflecting on her experiences using cycling, and here wheelchair and motor vehicle, in daily transport, over 20 years, in her family with 4 children, of whom 2 are disabled. I find it interesting on the large impact of small (to the rest of us) inconveniences.
For a paper it is a fairly easy read, but it is about 5000-6000 words.
https://activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1923/
One example:
Well done Streeting.
They might do one round of nominations which Burnham will win convincingly and then any other candidate or candidates will withdraw .
Will Andy Burnham follow in City's footsteps?
I want Kemi to speak the truth to the country, abandon triple lock, tell it like it is and maybe the public will finally appreciate honesty - we can’t go on with a political class who won’t front up.
I’ve seen almost no trouble - in either side - except arguably just now. A pink haired girl with a pro Palestine flag has wandered into crowds of Tommy fans heading for the Tube
They are making their disagreement with her cause quite apparent. But even then it’s just verbals
Eventually things will come crashing down but in the meantime there’s more chance of me voting for Reform than Kemi ditching the triple lock .
But, you know, he doesn't want to be TOO accommodating to Burnham
My money is on a lot of local schoolkids getting bussed in to fill stadia for the early group matches, but the problem is that most of the tickets have actually been sold to the touts who think there’s going to be 80,000 people wanting to watch Croatia play Senegal* at $3,000 a seat.
* made-up fixture.
I remember when David Lynch made the Straight Story and people were like WTF, ok, maybe we missed some subversive meaning, where is all the dark undertones and crazy plots that nobody understands. And he was like nope, just liked the true story.
Of course the media will become hyperbolic over it . There’s three years to the next election , if the economy eventually picks up after Trumps moronic war and public services improve that’s what will decide things .
Luke Tryl
@LukeTryl
Hard to think of this by election becoming any more defining now.
- If Burnham can beat Reform on their prime turf, does everything comes back into play?
- If Reform can defeat Labour’s most popular politician, can anyone now stop them?
- If Restore Britain split the vote to Reform’s right are they a bigger problem than assumed for Farage’s Party?
https://x.com/LukeTryl/status/2055650209372229823
Although Jesus wasn't, come to think of it.
Will the Greens to back to be fluffy, NIMBY, environmentalists.
Just as losing it does not mean Reform are walking into No 10.
Normally
Ashton - on - Make - er - field.
From the trailers I thought the cinematography in the indoor scenes was unusually bad for Nolan, who usually has crystal-clear scenes (see Tenet for this), although that may just be me seeing it on my laptop in 360px. Plus the accents are all over the place: he should have gone with the good guys in American, bad guys in British accents convention (see Star Wars for this). But the outdoor scenes look good and I really like the colour mixing in those scenes. It is missing a stop-motion Harryhausen giant gate guardian with screeching bronze motion sounds, but you can't have everything.