@Fintech03 There’s a short story documenting the background of this construction written by Saradindu Bandopadhyay, more famous as the creator of the detective Byomkesh Bakshi.
Look at who is panicking about Makerfield and you’ll understand its importance: Labour strategists admitting the seat “could be lost” if Reform repeats its local election result, cabinet ministers urging rivals not to run if Burnham sneaks in, and Nigel Farage openly promising to “throw absolutely everything” at the contest.
This is not a routine by‑election; it is the junction where three paths meet – Starmer clinging on after historic local defeats, Burnham plotting a coronation that dodges a general election, and Reform turning protest votes into a parliamentary breakthrough that shatters the old duopoly.
If Labour wins, the establishment breathes a sigh of relief: Starmer can slip away on his own timetable, Burnham can be crowned without facing the country, and the message to every other “safe” seat is that no amount of anger will ever really change who runs the show.
If Reform wins, everything changes overnight – the myth of Labour’s northern invincibility dies, the coronation strategy in Westminster collapses, and the pressure for a full general election becomes unstoppable because a government already rejected in local elections has now lost a heartland by‑election as well.
That is why the only serious argument for “stability” now is not to rally behind Starmer or Burnham, but to use the ballot in Makerfield to force a reset that the political class cannot avoid or finesse.
The establishment’s nightmare is simple: that Reform does in this by‑election exactly what it has already done in the local polls – and proves that the electorate, not the Labour machine, will decide how this crisis ends.
@engineers_feed There’s an easy way to do it and a smart way to do it. Since 30 lbs is already going to be there, because of same moment, why worry about it?
Just work out that the moment due to 20 lbs would be balanced by half the weight at double the distance. That’s 10lbs; which you add to 30
#FakeItLikePishi hat bhengeche matha feteche paa bhengeche ; saw everything in the 1980’s. We remember everything, from the days of Hasim Abdul Halim. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
@carldinnen Best effort and best reasonable effort😀. World of difference to those who understand contracts. The words reasonable and best cancel each other out.
@EastRenCouncil We have spread salt around our house to safeguard postal and delivery workers. Many of them are now contractors without medical insurance and would be without income if they can’t work. We do our bit, but the Council has to step in.
@EastRenCouncil Can streets in Clarkston like Richmond, Mayfield, Queensberry, Greenholm, etc. Please be gritted? People are slipping and falling on black ice. Real danger of bone fractures, slips and trips, sprains and strains. Please help.
@EastRenCouncil Can streets in Clarkston like Richmond, Mayfield, Queensberry, Greenholm, etc. Please be gritted? People are slipping and falling on black ice. Real danger of bone fractures, slips and trips, sprains and strains. Please help.
@jasonleitch storing the Pfizer vaccine in boxes with an airlock will allow longer shelf life. Extraction of individual vials or groups can be done without exposing the whole inners at -70C to the external environment. Is this worthwhile?