“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” ―Pres. Lincoln
Let me be VERY clear for those of you in the back. If bringing down the largest child sex trafficking ring in our known history will "collapse the government as we know it," then the government as we know it needs to collapse.
Andy Burnham is told that his plan for a No10 North hub in Manchester will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions in extra security staff travel and bureaucracy
MPs have branded the idea a vanity project and gesture politics saying it will create a duplicate Downing Street and an expensive white elephant office while doing little to change how the country is actually run
Thoughts?
Regardless of whether you think Andy Burnham is the best thing since sliced bread or is the devil incarnate, he is about to be anointed Prime Minister of a G7 economy and a nuclear power without scrutiny or questions from anyone. Even die hards must realise this is preposterous.
Chris Mason should be sacked for throwing the country into disarray, just as things were beginning to improve.
Let’s hound HIM out of office.
#SACKCHRISMASON
🚨 I've listened to Andy Burnham's 10 year speech, where he looks Britain's new saviour in Zelenski uniform, bragging about what a success Greater Manchester is with my mouth open.
You would be forgiven for thinking Greater Manchester was close to perfect, an example to everyone of how his fantastic policies have worked.
Does he seriously think most of Greater Manchester is a success? or that he contributed to a shiny business sector, 2 world class football teams and the largest Uni in the country? because outside that...
▪️Nearly 1 in 4 GM neighbourhoods are in the most deprived 10% nationally.
▪️Half of GM’s local authority areas are among England’s 30 most deprived.
▪️Manchester city is ranked 4th most deprived English local authorities.
▪️In 2024, 16.2% of jobs in Greater Manchester workplaces paid below the real Living Wage = 193,000 low-paid jobs.
▪️Temporary accommodation is around 5,915 households, with 8,600 children in temporary accommodation.
▪️Around 12,700 long-term empty homes were identified across the city-region.
▪️4 of the 10 highest recorded crime local authorities in England are in Greater Manchester
▪️Educational achievements are below national average
▪️Manchester city area above national unemployment levels
▪️1 in 8 working age people get PIP, above the national average
▪️The GM area has a lower household disposable income than the national average
▪️34% increase in rough sleeping
▪️Violent crime and sexual offences are above the national average.
▪️grooming gangs? or is we still ignoring these?
▪️Drug-related death rates in Greater Manchester are significantly above the national average
Oh and now lets talk about debt. Bravo Andy... to achieve some of the highest deprivation in the country under his leadership, GMCA now has about £1.4 BILLION of gross debt and an underlying borrowing need of roughly £2.5 BILLION.
So his speech on "Hopes and dreams" is actually more like 'No hope and nightmares', his leafy suburbs and shiny city buildings can't really hide the truth.
You're welcome.
Resident doctors have just agreed a deal with us to stop the strikes.
This deal will see better pay progression, better career opportunities, and better working conditions for resident doctors.
Together, we can get on with delivering for patients and cutting waiting lists.
Anyone else feel that it is not right or proper that the man seeking the most important executive job in the country should be allowed to take over without an interview or serious examination of his suitability, temperament and credentials?
An engineered by election to accommodate him.
No process to elect him party leader.
No questions allowed from journalists.
No parliamentary scrutiny until September.
Something is very,very wrong about the installation of Burnham as our PM.
Something is not right,you can just take a PM out just like that.Was there no fighting to stop this,everyone just accepted it,where were the 300 MPs who didn't sign the letter for him to go,did everyone just say.Oh well lets have a new PM.We need to know.
I am now committed to re-posting every negative tweet regarding @andyburnham whether it’s misinformation or not. If it’s good enough for our current PM, it’s good enough for him.