Keown: ‘Argentina will be sitting in their hotel watching that saying ‘thank goodness England didn’t bring Rashford and Saka on earlier.’’
Or, more realistically, getting ready for the actual World Cup Final.
It should be recalled that it was put to Manchester in a referendum as to whether they wanted a mayor. They said no. They got one anyway. Now, it would seem that Andy Burnham wants to replicate this model, whether anyone wants it or not. This is part of the thirty year long regionalisation process - gradually implemented ever since Mrs Thatcher.
In this context, devolution does not mean devolution. It means the amalgamation (abolition) of local authorities, and by extension, abolition of local democracy, to create regional development quangos with directly elected chief executives we will call mayors. They will say this is more democratic.
Very little, if any, power will be devolved. In most instances, the power that we (the people) actually have will be confiscated and centralised, and our powers of democratic veto will be erased. What you then get is gerrymandered rotten boroughs who pander to their client vote.
Any devolved powers will be to ensure that in the event Labour is kicked out of office, there is then regional institutional resistance to anything central government attempts to do. We will then see regional assembles along the lines of the Scottish "parliament" comprised of low-level kleptocrats who will spend most of their time debating Gaza and whether men should be allowed into female changing rooms - for eternity.
🚨 EXPOSED: THE BRUTAL COST OF A BURNHAM PREMIERSHIP.
Keir Starmer is barely out of the door, and the Labour establishment is already preparing to raid your bank account.
Andy Burnham’s economic blueprint has leaked, and it is a complete disaster for the British middle class.
He is backing a scheme to scrap council tax and replace it with a new annual property tax of 0.48% of your home's value. 🤡
If you live in an average £553,000 house, you will be forced to pay £2,654 every single year just for the privilege of living in your own home.
But the Labour tax grab gets even worse. 💷
Burnham wants to hike the top rate of income tax to 50p.
His economic advisers are also pushing to scrap capital gains tax and tax your investments and dividends at full income tax rates.
He is even proposing a flat 10% care levy on all inheritance, dragging millions of ordinary families into a death tax on their loved ones' estates from pound one.
They are coming for everything you have built.
And look at how quickly they will lie to your face just to get your vote.
To win the Makerfield by-election last week, Burnham promised WASPI women he would "stick by" them and deliver billions in pension compensation.
The second the vote was over, his team immediately backflipped and admitted they have zero plans to pay it. 🤡
They ruled out cash payouts entirely, offering them taxpayer-funded bus passes instead.
They treat the public like absolute fools while using your hard-earned wages to fund their political ambitions.
The global financial markets are already panicking.
The yield on 10-year gilts spiked the second Starmer resigned because Burnham openly declared he wants to stop being in hock to the bond markets, which is code for massive, reckless state borrowing.
This will drive UK mortgage rates and business loans through the roof, leaving everyday families to pay the price.
Labour has simply changed the face in Downing Street, but the plan to bleed the working class dry remains exactly the same.
RT to warn the country and expose this massive Labour tax grab! 🔁🇬🇧🔥