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

[ecuk268]

52 minutes ago, Turkish said:

He’s quite dashing. Is he our best looking PM ever? 

My Gran thought that Anthony Eden was a very handsome gentleman.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Enjoy before the mods take it down for being too hot...

[Gloucester Saint]

What that shows @Holmes_and_Watson is my first (nearly) 20 years of life = 3 PMs

Last 10 years = 7 PMs

[Holmes_and_Watson]

51 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

What that shows @Holmes_and_Watson is my first (nearly) 20 years of life = 3 PMs

Last 10 years = 7 PMs

So hard to be an influencer in the social media age. 🙂

[Challenger]

2 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Last tried by Liz Truss. 🙂

 

Something's got to change, unless we really are making plans for Nigel ?

[Gloucester Saint]

54 minutes ago, Challenger said:

Something's got to change, unless we really are making plans for Nigel ?

There’s an appetite for change for Burnham in a way there never really was for Starmer but he’s got little margin for error. He can tweak around taxes to generate a bit more change but he’ll need to use the scalpel on the welfare budget https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/what-can-andy-burnham-actually-do/

Interesting piece by the Conversation on what he might do https://theconversation.com/how-andy-burnham-may-try-to-give-the-uk-economy-a-boost-in-his-10-year-plan-286207. His initial statements are bold and it’s hard to see the fiscal headroom he’s got to deliver it with.

As for Farage, he’s very tarnished now by the bung, money laundering and other scandals, more to come out as well is the rumour. Whatever they’re doing in the polls at the moment, they’re going to get hit by tactical voting in an actual GE which is why Farage gets so tetchy with YouGov.

They’ll get a Lib Dem+ amount of seats next time which very impressive from where they’ve come from but no-one is collaborating with them for power. Enjoyed seeing Badenoch, Starmer and Davey queuing up to take the piss out of Farage in Starmer’s final PMQs. Even their own MPs were laughing. 

Not the same core base without Farage as leader and would lead to lower turnout as some don’t vote normally but Reform are damaged anywhere beyond their base with him as leader.

Coalitions likely but they are too toxic for the Tories to consider let alone anyone else. Not sure he’s the ‘change, just any change’ for enough people now.

Edited 2 hours ago by Gloucester Saint

[Whitey Grandad]

2 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Enjoy before the mods take it down for being too hot...

I can remember 18 of those. 

[Gloucester Saint]

12 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I can remember 18 of those. 

Writing on the names is too small to read but back to Attlee?