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Burnham is either an empty vessel- all fluttering eyelashes and simpering smile, who is being controlled by Fabians and global forces who want to create chaos in order to bring in ever more state control . Or he is fully on board and committed to extreme policies which will leave us ever more in thrall to state power. Either way, I feel sick this morning.
'controlled by Fabians and global forces'...100%...and ultimately China; secretly, quietly, via their puppet, the UN. None of this ever mentioned by Reform. Notice also how none of our 'great' newspapers or the BBC/Sky ever criticise China, silence on their massive military expansion, silence on their vast industrial pollution, silence on gruesome organ harvesting. Israel gets hammered for defending itself but China never gets a mention for what it's doing.
forget the fabian sales pitch put forward by Burnham, he's another WEF product off the ramp https://www.weforum.org/people/andy-burnham/ He's been through the WEF process as one of their “Metro Mayors” those supposed charismatic political superheroes here to “give power back to the people”. That strap line again.
He's rolling out one of the aspects of the Maastricht treaty shifting control away from local councils towards an unaccountable unitary authority (regional devolution) that just happens to align perfectly with international agendas cooked-up in Davos. At the same time it neuters National control.
The agenda behind his 10 Yr spin will still include 15 minute cities, Smart Cities (aka surveillance on steroids), more Nuts Zero, the Digital ID architecture will remain in place.
In essence Burnham's gone from essentially a Branch Manager (Manchester Mayor drowning in debt) to PM or Baldrick in a cheap suit. Guaranteed, behind the scenes pulling the strings, Charles Lynton. The globalists have to go full in, as they're banking Ukraine survives and the Dems replace the Don. They'll fail on both, then the real work starts
I completely agree. The Fabians are just the starting point - it’s where the indoctrination of society over time begins in earnest. World control is the goal and the dissipation of parliamentary power dressed up as ‘power to the people’ is as infantile as the BBC sitcom Citizen Smith. And the trouble is, lots of sheep will be led by him.
true, the Shirkers & Burqas with sprung loaded right arms for free things. The timing of the Cabinet announcements was also by design - leave it late as possible. Notice when Baldrick went through No 10 door, first person to meet & greet him -
Antonia Romeo - Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service (prominent in the Epstein files from her time in UK Emb in US pulling strings.
PMQs tomorrow will give a clear signal - either go for his throat (politically) or more waffle and roll over. I expect the latter.
The same issues UK faces (aka global control) are near identical here in Kenya. fortunately here, Kenyans are more switched on
they've witnessed post removing Moi in 2002, Western Govts & banks (behind the scenes) still controlling everything. More economic colonialism now
Last election here (2022), everyone saw Charles Lynton's mate Mark Malloch Brown use his Smartmatic software to engineer the results the Western Govts / banks wanted in ruto's favour. the whole country saw it was fraud from beginning.
Burnham is illegitimate from Day 1. His mooted policies are closer to Jeremy Corbyn’s than the 2024 Labour manifesto, which increasingly looks like a trojan horse. Twice the electorate rejected this. Yet now it appears they will be forced on us. This is not democracy. If Burnham wants to change direction he should put it to the people, call a General Election. This is not just changing leader, it’s a Marxist coup. And by the way, he will do little on the major problem of our time, immigration, because his party won’t let him.
Reform could have won IF it had a proper election campaign covering 20 key issues facing Britain, instead all it did was push out silly little leaflets with 5 issues badly covered in text, all the photos were Nigel gurning. This is rubbish 'campaigning', it doesn't work, how many more times will Reform keep repeating this amateur approach? I get more interesting mailshots from Dominos Pizza.
I didn’t see the leaflets (20 issues would be too many to highlight anyway, people haven’t got the time/concentration/inclination to read all that) but the important thing is to TALK to people! Leaflets generally go in the recycling bin regardless of voting intentions.
Completely wrong. It's insulting and demeaning to suggest that people can only consider 5 issues, not everyone is thick. The British people are actually very clever. If you pick up a newspaper, even The Sun or Daily Mail, do either just have 5 articles? You're a good example of why Reform failed in Makerfield.
I’m not suggesting people are thick at all, it’s more a matter of time and inclination. Sorry, but if they’re not engaged by 5 issues then how are 20 issues going to help, I don’t get that?!?
Repetitious. You have made this point so many times on Matt's substack. Why don't you offer your practical help to Reform, instead of continually complaining? Alternatively, accept they do not want your help, if that is the case?
I have offered practical help but the dimwits running Reform's hopeless 'media' and 'by-election campaigns' are either staggeringly incompetent or secretly working for our enemies. There are SO many burning/horrific issues to be highlighted with SOLUTIONS to be presented to the public, winning by-elections has never been easier. Or would be to any competent people. I'll keep repeating this until it gets through. Matt of course keeps repeating the immigration mantra but it didn't get through to the people of Makerfield, obviously. Matt even published a book about it but this is nothing new, Pat Buchanan's book 24 years ago laid it all out, very clearly, has Matt just arrived from Mars? https://celina101.substack.com/p/patrick-j-buchanans-the-death-of?r=8swye&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
We had our democracy stolen from us in 2016. Comprehensively honouring and implementing that vote is the only way to return power to the people, the only way our democracy will survive.
There is only one party that is promising to do that and we must fight like hell.
Another brilliant piece from Matt. I just hope he's right in saying a general election could happen soon. If so, no matter what the weather's like, we must ALL get out there and VOTE LIEBOUR OUT!🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Yes, but which centre-right party? I can see Labour winning a narrow majority (or leading a left-wing coalition) in a GE due to the Right being split?!? We need serious conversations between Cons, Reform and Restore if disaster is to be avoided…fail to come together and it’s game over for GB I’m afraid! 🫣
I've been saying this for YEARS!🙄The right leaning parties MUST put their egos in the bin and WORK TOGETHER! AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
All this fuss about Burnham is a waste of time, an irrelevance. The PM only runs the government, he doesn’t run the country. The country is run by the ‘blob’, the Civil Service and the Quangos.
Appointing "Hope not Hate" figures is a worrying direction. You only have to check their website and read the various pieces about yourself Matt to know what they're like! As for devolution - I'm still waiting for the benefits to happen in Wales, so far it's only free prescriptions. After 25 years the Senedd has cost me (as a Private Individual and also a Small Business Owner) far more than any prescription benefits and I say that as a disabled person. Apparently Burnham will do away with the Digital ID idea - time will tell if that will actually happen.
I’m told that 85% of prescriptions are given to people on benefits who qualify for free prescriptions everywhere anyway. Giving the remaining 15% free is cheaper than setting up a system for who pays and who doesn’t.
Burnham is a product of a bygone age, an age of union power. He talks about returning power to the people, but what he desires is the opposite, it is the return to the days where everything was run by the state, and consequently by the unions, and those old enough remember those hideous days, of 'The Brotherhood'. He refers to local bus services being run by private companies and says that they should be run by the local authorities instead; a return to the days of rude, surly drivers and timetables which were fantasy, and staff who did not care a jot about it, and where local disputes morphed into national disputes and the whole country was brought to a standstill, and fares where extortionate in order to pay for the multitude of staff who did nothing.
Worse is his intention to join the EU, and so remove almost every last vestige of power FROM the people, handing it to unelected Left-wing idiots who have no other purpose in life but to exercise complete control over the public, reducing Parliament to a pointless, rubber-stamping club. We can only hope that Millibrain's coming confrontation and subsequent resignation precipitates a blood-bath throughout the Labour ranks.
There is a more immediate contradiction in Burnham's position. He wants to go further faster, but binds himself to Labour's 2024 manifesto to justify taking power without an election. Given Burnham's dedication to constitutional reform and returning power to the people this gap looks impossible to justify and, if pushed to radicalism beyond the manifesto may force an early general election if his increased optimism gains popular traction and momentum.
Burnham and Labour are very VERY easy targets for Reform to utterly demolish. We’re looking forward to Reform’s blistering by-election newspaper due any day in Clacton. And Matt, could you give us an updated list please of Reform’s current spokespeople and their roles? Some links to their latest speeches would be good.
Very good article. I feel we have had authoritarian creep for some time. Now I feel we have had an authoritarian coup. Fabian strategy is becoming a reality. The latest news that Labour are trying to prevent the release of crime statistics by status/ nationality is example of restricting truth to the people. The statement that Burnham will cancel digital ID should be viewed with caution: I bet the development/ roll out of one Login continues with an intention to link individual data and ultimate control. I don’t want devolved power: I don’t want local Lib Dems responsible. They have already shown they push ahead with own agenda in spite of consultation revealing the people want something else.
So here we are again. Another politician promoted far beyond his proven abilities, clutching grand slogans while hoping nobody notices the absence of grand achievements. Burnham talks loftily about "returning power to the people", yet his own record amounts to little more than administering Manchester with a generous Treasury cheque and an enthusiastic publicity machine.
Running a city region is not remotely comparable to steering a G7 nation through economic stagnation, mounting debt, international crises and a crumbling public sector. Britain needs a statesman of vision, courage and intellectual heft. Instead, it appears to have inherited a career politician whose greatest talent is polishing his own image.
Burnham's previous spell in government hardly set Westminster alight. He was a middling minister then, and there is precious little evidence that time has transformed him into Churchill with a northern accent. Vanity is no substitute for leadership, and slogans are no replacement for substance. Britain cannot afford another Prime Minister who mistakes ambition for ability.
I always thought 2TK surrounded himself with people who made him look good, which itself must have been a difficult task, hence Lammy, Reeves, Rayner etc. At least Burnham doesn’t appear to be doing that. John Healy seems to be a good choice of Chancellor and he showed some integrity by resigning as Defence Minister. Can’t be any worse than Rachel from Accounts.
The creation of unitary authorities and abolishing many councils in the process, as well as putting thousands of councillors out to grass, is a recipe for lack of accountability and obfuscation of budgets and outcomes. It will also cost more because of the no doubt higher salaries required by the upper echelons of these new authorities, on top of their generous allowances.
Every layer of bureaucracy and government moves power further away from the people . It’s harder to hold officials accountable it’s easier for them to hide. The news said this morning that energy companies can turn down the heating of those with heat pumps. How much power do people have if they can’t control their own thermostats ?
Burnham wants a big state, has he not noticed our bloated money sucking state is one of our principal problems.
The very manner of Burnham’s arrival in number 10 makes people feel disenfranchised , powerless, treated as irrelevant because all we seem to be is cash cattle .
- a Housing Secretary who “resigned” in disgrace from the same job because she couldn’t even pay the correct stamp duty on her 2nd house
- a previously sacked convicted fraudster who will be in charge of ethics in the Cabinet Office
- a Business Secretary that had to apologise to parliament over misleading CV statements
- a Chancellor who couldn’t count how many frigates we had in our fleet when he was defence secretary
- a Defence Secretary with no military experience (despite multiple ex-servicemen available)
Balkanising Britain into competing regional fiefdoms with weak mandates, proven track records of failure, and an inevitable proliferation of politicians and bureaucracy.
Far from reflecting popular will, it imposes top-down constitutional tinkering on a sceptical public that has repeatedly shown little enthusiasm for more layers of governance.
the cash cattle are also those political stomachs perrennially going through the revolving appointment door
Watch carefully, as Burnham takes over as Prime Minister, how long will it be before Bill Gates or Larry Fink of BlackRock visits and gets a VIP welcome to 10 Downing Street?
I do not think the national governments who sponsor the IMF would agree to a bail out. Why should they. Our problems have been wilfully caused in the face of logic.
The INF does not exist to massage away past disasters and facilitate continuity in office by the political class and the blob.
As usual, well said Matthew. I don’t know what to expect from Burnham. He doesn’t look like someone of substance. His apparent success in Manchester was not the result of his own efforts but a legacy from his predecessors of the past twenty or thirty years. He’s really just a poster boy for the Labour blobsters. If he proves to be a disappointment they will chuck him away just like they did Starmer. They will go on and on, irrespective of whose face is on the adverts.
Burnham is either an empty vessel- all fluttering eyelashes and simpering smile, who is being controlled by Fabians and global forces who want to create chaos in order to bring in ever more state control . Or he is fully on board and committed to extreme policies which will leave us ever more in thrall to state power. Either way, I feel sick this morning.
You and me both, TT. 🤮
'controlled by Fabians and global forces'...100%...and ultimately China; secretly, quietly, via their puppet, the UN. None of this ever mentioned by Reform. Notice also how none of our 'great' newspapers or the BBC/Sky ever criticise China, silence on their massive military expansion, silence on their vast industrial pollution, silence on gruesome organ harvesting. Israel gets hammered for defending itself but China never gets a mention for what it's doing.
And don’t forget Islamic states such as Qatar.
Yes of course, the pincer movement
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forget the fabian sales pitch put forward by Burnham, he's another WEF product off the ramp https://www.weforum.org/people/andy-burnham/ He's been through the WEF process as one of their “Metro Mayors” those supposed charismatic political superheroes here to “give power back to the people”. That strap line again.
He's rolling out one of the aspects of the Maastricht treaty shifting control away from local councils towards an unaccountable unitary authority (regional devolution) that just happens to align perfectly with international agendas cooked-up in Davos. At the same time it neuters National control.
The agenda behind his 10 Yr spin will still include 15 minute cities, Smart Cities (aka surveillance on steroids), more Nuts Zero, the Digital ID architecture will remain in place.
In essence Burnham's gone from essentially a Branch Manager (Manchester Mayor drowning in debt) to PM or Baldrick in a cheap suit. Guaranteed, behind the scenes pulling the strings, Charles Lynton. The globalists have to go full in, as they're banking Ukraine survives and the Dems replace the Don. They'll fail on both, then the real work starts
I completely agree. The Fabians are just the starting point - it’s where the indoctrination of society over time begins in earnest. World control is the goal and the dissipation of parliamentary power dressed up as ‘power to the people’ is as infantile as the BBC sitcom Citizen Smith. And the trouble is, lots of sheep will be led by him.
true, the Shirkers & Burqas with sprung loaded right arms for free things. The timing of the Cabinet announcements was also by design - leave it late as possible. Notice when Baldrick went through No 10 door, first person to meet & greet him -
Antonia Romeo - Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service (prominent in the Epstein files from her time in UK Emb in US pulling strings.
PMQs tomorrow will give a clear signal - either go for his throat (politically) or more waffle and roll over. I expect the latter.
The same issues UK faces (aka global control) are near identical here in Kenya. fortunately here, Kenyans are more switched on
That’s good to hear. How come they’re less trusting- a colonial past? Waking people up to what’s happening is the single most frustrating aspect.
they've witnessed post removing Moi in 2002, Western Govts & banks (behind the scenes) still controlling everything. More economic colonialism now
Last election here (2022), everyone saw Charles Lynton's mate Mark Malloch Brown use his Smartmatic software to engineer the results the Western Govts / banks wanted in ruto's favour. the whole country saw it was fraud from beginning.
The 2024 protests started it off in full swing (worth watching Blood Parliament https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz0f1yyf_eA&t=12s&pp=ygUcYmJjIGFmcmljYSBkb2N1bWVudGFyeSBrZW55YQ%3D%3D from BBC Africa no less). It was banned in Kenya (no different to Citizen Vigilante ban), Kenyans got round it and it went through the roof.
Since then there's been protests every year, including this one. If you hear of Kenya protests, number 1, guarantee Ruto will be abroad
Thanks Andy. Will watch that later. I’m getting to the stage where I think it’s time for a giant meteor shower to wipe us all out.
Burnham is illegitimate from Day 1. His mooted policies are closer to Jeremy Corbyn’s than the 2024 Labour manifesto, which increasingly looks like a trojan horse. Twice the electorate rejected this. Yet now it appears they will be forced on us. This is not democracy. If Burnham wants to change direction he should put it to the people, call a General Election. This is not just changing leader, it’s a Marxist coup. And by the way, he will do little on the major problem of our time, immigration, because his party won’t let him.
Probably all true. But Reform let him win by running a truly rubbish by-election campaign - why?
Conservatives and Restore should have stood aside so that Reform might have had a chance of keeping this Marxist out! Too late now…
Reform could have won IF it had a proper election campaign covering 20 key issues facing Britain, instead all it did was push out silly little leaflets with 5 issues badly covered in text, all the photos were Nigel gurning. This is rubbish 'campaigning', it doesn't work, how many more times will Reform keep repeating this amateur approach? I get more interesting mailshots from Dominos Pizza.
I didn’t see the leaflets (20 issues would be too many to highlight anyway, people haven’t got the time/concentration/inclination to read all that) but the important thing is to TALK to people! Leaflets generally go in the recycling bin regardless of voting intentions.
Completely wrong. It's insulting and demeaning to suggest that people can only consider 5 issues, not everyone is thick. The British people are actually very clever. If you pick up a newspaper, even The Sun or Daily Mail, do either just have 5 articles? You're a good example of why Reform failed in Makerfield.
I’m not suggesting people are thick at all, it’s more a matter of time and inclination. Sorry, but if they’re not engaged by 5 issues then how are 20 issues going to help, I don’t get that?!?
I think people saw it as an opportunity to get rid of Starmer, the most hated PM, but we may very well have something much worse in Burnham.
Labour's media messaging was simply better than Reform's. They are 1000 times better at mass messaging than Reform.
Repetitious. You have made this point so many times on Matt's substack. Why don't you offer your practical help to Reform, instead of continually complaining? Alternatively, accept they do not want your help, if that is the case?
I have offered practical help but the dimwits running Reform's hopeless 'media' and 'by-election campaigns' are either staggeringly incompetent or secretly working for our enemies. There are SO many burning/horrific issues to be highlighted with SOLUTIONS to be presented to the public, winning by-elections has never been easier. Or would be to any competent people. I'll keep repeating this until it gets through. Matt of course keeps repeating the immigration mantra but it didn't get through to the people of Makerfield, obviously. Matt even published a book about it but this is nothing new, Pat Buchanan's book 24 years ago laid it all out, very clearly, has Matt just arrived from Mars? https://celina101.substack.com/p/patrick-j-buchanans-the-death-of?r=8swye&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
We had our democracy stolen from us in 2016. Comprehensively honouring and implementing that vote is the only way to return power to the people, the only way our democracy will survive.
There is only one party that is promising to do that and we must fight like hell.
Another brilliant piece from Matt. I just hope he's right in saying a general election could happen soon. If so, no matter what the weather's like, we must ALL get out there and VOTE LIEBOUR OUT!🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Yes, but which centre-right party? I can see Labour winning a narrow majority (or leading a left-wing coalition) in a GE due to the Right being split?!? We need serious conversations between Cons, Reform and Restore if disaster is to be avoided…fail to come together and it’s game over for GB I’m afraid! 🫣
I've been saying this for YEARS!🙄The right leaning parties MUST put their egos in the bin and WORK TOGETHER! AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
All this fuss about Burnham is a waste of time, an irrelevance. The PM only runs the government, he doesn’t run the country. The country is run by the ‘blob’, the Civil Service and the Quangos.
Nothing will change.
You are not wholly correct. True, the Blob can thwart conservatives, but a government pulling in the same direction can greatly augment their power.
Appointing "Hope not Hate" figures is a worrying direction. You only have to check their website and read the various pieces about yourself Matt to know what they're like! As for devolution - I'm still waiting for the benefits to happen in Wales, so far it's only free prescriptions. After 25 years the Senedd has cost me (as a Private Individual and also a Small Business Owner) far more than any prescription benefits and I say that as a disabled person. Apparently Burnham will do away with the Digital ID idea - time will tell if that will actually happen.
Free prescriptions in Wales. Free tuition in Scotland. I wonder who is paying for all that??
I’m told that 85% of prescriptions are given to people on benefits who qualify for free prescriptions everywhere anyway. Giving the remaining 15% free is cheaper than setting up a system for who pays and who doesn’t.
Burnham is a product of a bygone age, an age of union power. He talks about returning power to the people, but what he desires is the opposite, it is the return to the days where everything was run by the state, and consequently by the unions, and those old enough remember those hideous days, of 'The Brotherhood'. He refers to local bus services being run by private companies and says that they should be run by the local authorities instead; a return to the days of rude, surly drivers and timetables which were fantasy, and staff who did not care a jot about it, and where local disputes morphed into national disputes and the whole country was brought to a standstill, and fares where extortionate in order to pay for the multitude of staff who did nothing.
Worse is his intention to join the EU, and so remove almost every last vestige of power FROM the people, handing it to unelected Left-wing idiots who have no other purpose in life but to exercise complete control over the public, reducing Parliament to a pointless, rubber-stamping club. We can only hope that Millibrain's coming confrontation and subsequent resignation precipitates a blood-bath throughout the Labour ranks.
There is a more immediate contradiction in Burnham's position. He wants to go further faster, but binds himself to Labour's 2024 manifesto to justify taking power without an election. Given Burnham's dedication to constitutional reform and returning power to the people this gap looks impossible to justify and, if pushed to radicalism beyond the manifesto may force an early general election if his increased optimism gains popular traction and momentum.
Burnham and Labour are very VERY easy targets for Reform to utterly demolish. We’re looking forward to Reform’s blistering by-election newspaper due any day in Clacton. And Matt, could you give us an updated list please of Reform’s current spokespeople and their roles? Some links to their latest speeches would be good.
Very good article. I feel we have had authoritarian creep for some time. Now I feel we have had an authoritarian coup. Fabian strategy is becoming a reality. The latest news that Labour are trying to prevent the release of crime statistics by status/ nationality is example of restricting truth to the people. The statement that Burnham will cancel digital ID should be viewed with caution: I bet the development/ roll out of one Login continues with an intention to link individual data and ultimate control. I don’t want devolved power: I don’t want local Lib Dems responsible. They have already shown they push ahead with own agenda in spite of consultation revealing the people want something else.
I agree. And as for the govt spending our money to fight crime statistics being published- that is authoritarianism on steroids.
So here we are again. Another politician promoted far beyond his proven abilities, clutching grand slogans while hoping nobody notices the absence of grand achievements. Burnham talks loftily about "returning power to the people", yet his own record amounts to little more than administering Manchester with a generous Treasury cheque and an enthusiastic publicity machine.
Running a city region is not remotely comparable to steering a G7 nation through economic stagnation, mounting debt, international crises and a crumbling public sector. Britain needs a statesman of vision, courage and intellectual heft. Instead, it appears to have inherited a career politician whose greatest talent is polishing his own image.
Burnham's previous spell in government hardly set Westminster alight. He was a middling minister then, and there is precious little evidence that time has transformed him into Churchill with a northern accent. Vanity is no substitute for leadership, and slogans are no replacement for substance. Britain cannot afford another Prime Minister who mistakes ambition for ability.
I always thought 2TK surrounded himself with people who made him look good, which itself must have been a difficult task, hence Lammy, Reeves, Rayner etc. At least Burnham doesn’t appear to be doing that. John Healy seems to be a good choice of Chancellor and he showed some integrity by resigning as Defence Minister. Can’t be any worse than Rachel from Accounts.
The creation of unitary authorities and abolishing many councils in the process, as well as putting thousands of councillors out to grass, is a recipe for lack of accountability and obfuscation of budgets and outcomes. It will also cost more because of the no doubt higher salaries required by the upper echelons of these new authorities, on top of their generous allowances.
Every layer of bureaucracy and government moves power further away from the people . It’s harder to hold officials accountable it’s easier for them to hide. The news said this morning that energy companies can turn down the heating of those with heat pumps. How much power do people have if they can’t control their own thermostats ?
Burnham wants a big state, has he not noticed our bloated money sucking state is one of our principal problems.
The very manner of Burnham’s arrival in number 10 makes people feel disenfranchised , powerless, treated as irrelevant because all we seem to be is cash cattle .
Baldrick's first faux pas Lesley
- a Housing Secretary who “resigned” in disgrace from the same job because she couldn’t even pay the correct stamp duty on her 2nd house
- a previously sacked convicted fraudster who will be in charge of ethics in the Cabinet Office
- a Business Secretary that had to apologise to parliament over misleading CV statements
- a Chancellor who couldn’t count how many frigates we had in our fleet when he was defence secretary
- a Defence Secretary with no military experience (despite multiple ex-servicemen available)
Balkanising Britain into competing regional fiefdoms with weak mandates, proven track records of failure, and an inevitable proliferation of politicians and bureaucracy.
Far from reflecting popular will, it imposes top-down constitutional tinkering on a sceptical public that has repeatedly shown little enthusiasm for more layers of governance.
the cash cattle are also those political stomachs perrennially going through the revolving appointment door
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Watch carefully, as Burnham takes over as Prime Minister, how long will it be before Bill Gates or Larry Fink of BlackRock visits and gets a VIP welcome to 10 Downing Street?
Bookmark this.
Matt. You should organise a sweepstake for members to vote on how long we all think Burnham will last.
An ex Labour SPAD on GB News this morning gives him 8 months
I'm thinking of going for 6 months. I think the IMF will be in between 6 months to a year
You may well be right . I hear they don’t have enough money to bail us out
They indeed don't. We have huge chaos coming.
Andy will be swept away by it all.
I do not think the national governments who sponsor the IMF would agree to a bail out. Why should they. Our problems have been wilfully caused in the face of logic.
The INF does not exist to massage away past disasters and facilitate continuity in office by the political class and the blob.
I think they exist to ensure that creditors get their money back - and that will be the priority.
I don’t think he should bother unpacking 🙂
As usual, well said Matthew. I don’t know what to expect from Burnham. He doesn’t look like someone of substance. His apparent success in Manchester was not the result of his own efforts but a legacy from his predecessors of the past twenty or thirty years. He’s really just a poster boy for the Labour blobsters. If he proves to be a disappointment they will chuck him away just like they did Starmer. They will go on and on, irrespective of whose face is on the adverts.
Burnham’s successes include leaving Manchester £2.4 billion in debt