The Burnham Years - Can the new(ish) broom sweep clean?

[iansums]

Well somebody had to do it! Hope he makes a better job of it than Starmer.

[revolution saint]

Good to see Andy calling out factional in-fighting in the Labour Party with a straight face.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Has this thread been officially sanctioned by @sadoldgit?

 

[Farmer Saint]

The King is dead. Long live the King.

[iansums]

6 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Has this thread been officially sanctioned by @sadoldgit?

 

He certainly wouldn't be happy I started it, if you're not allowed a vote then you shouldn't be allowed to start forum threads either! I think he's retired from The Lounge anyway.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Just now, iansums said:

He certainly wouldn't be happy I started it, if you're not allowed a vote then you shouldn't be allowed to start forum threads either! I think he's retired from The Lounge anyway.

If you had the backing of the thread creation union, then that's all that really counts if it's a Labour thread. As we're about to find out, union demands are much more important than what voters want. 🙂

 

[badgerx16]

14 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

If you had the backing of the thread creation union, then that's all that really counts if it's a Labour thread. As we're about to find out, union demands are much more important than what voters want. 🙂

 

Union members are voters too. ( Assume that Iansums is not a union member ).

Edited 2 hours ago by badgerx16

[iansums]

9 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Union members are voters too. ( Assume that Iansums is not a union member ).

Certainly not, and never have been, although not sure I've ever had the option working in my industry and relatively small companies.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

15 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Union members are voters too. ( Assume that Iansums is not a union member ).

Oh, like I'm going to let that get in the way of claiming the first grumpy stereotype of the thread prize. 🙂

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, iansums said:

Well somebody had to do it! Hope he makes a better job of it than Starmer.

🎵 Are you Soggy, are you Soggy, are you Soggy in disguise? 🎵 

[Weston Super Saint]

Hopefully we can get back to grey, boring politics again after the crazy, psycho dramas of the last few years.

Burnham's Labour will certainly hit the ground running but it doesn’t look like they will be given much of a honeymoon period.

[whelk]

He likes The Smiths and The Stone Roses. A good sign

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, iansums said:

Well somebody had to do it! Hope he makes a better job of it than Starmer.

Delete the thread. The person who started it isnt allowed an opinion on politics. 

[Turkish]

6 minutes ago, whelk said:

He likes The Smiths and The Stone Roses. A good sign

Champagne Manc. He's probably got some fake story about when he went to the Hacienda as well. It'll be his "my dad was a tool maker" mantra. 

[Gloucester Saint]

12 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Delete the thread. The person who started it isnt allowed an opinion on politics. 

Poor old @iansums

I’ll post a fart prank video to cheer him up

 

[whelk]

11 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Champagne Manc. He's probably got some fake story about when he went to the Hacienda as well. It'll be his "my dad was a tool maker" mantra. 

He did used to go to the  Hacienda on Thursday night 

[whelk]

He pretends to like Everton as well

[egg]

2 minutes ago, whelk said:

He pretends to like Everton as well

#BurnhamOut

[Gloucester Saint]

4 minutes ago, whelk said:

He pretends to like Everton as well

Bet it’s more genuine than the Blair/sitting in the Gallowgate end story (when it was still all terracing) or David Cameron (who at least had a former uncle as Villa chairman) https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/37418759/david-cameron-temporarily-forgets-which-team-supports

[iansums]

17 minutes ago, whelk said:

He pretends to like Everton as well

Will he get his own dugout in the Commons?

[Lighthouse]

It'll need a few new heads and a few new handles but I believe he's got the broom to do the job.

[Sir Ralph]

1 hour ago, iansums said:

Certainly not, and never have been, although not sure I've ever had the option working in my industry and relatively small companies.

In most businesses I think people would not want to be a member of a union because of the negative connotations, hence why they don’t thrive in those environments. I don’t hold out much hope for improvement but at least he doesn’t look like he is going to appoint Red Ed as chancellor 

Edited 25 minutes ago by Sir Ralph

[whelk]

59 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Bet it’s more genuine than the Blair/sitting in the Gallowgate end story (when it was still all terracing) or David Cameron (who at least had a former uncle as Villa chairman) https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/37418759/david-cameron-temporarily-forgets-which-team-supports

He is clearly a proper Everton fan. Seems to manage the Manc/Scouse divide better than most

[badgerx16]

5 minutes ago, whelk said:

He is clearly a proper Everton fan. 

Born in Liverpool, grew up in Culcheth.

Edited 19 minutes ago by badgerx16

[egg]

27 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

In most businesses I think people would not want to be a member of a union because of the negative connotations, hence why they don’t thrive in those environments. I don’t hold out much hope for improvement but at least he doesn’t look like he is going to appoint Red Ed as chancellor 

What are those negative connotations?