Thread 1 Burnham: Esperanza en cada Corazón

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Let's be patient and wait until all is said and done regarding the next cabinet.

Oh @Piggywaspushed were you being ironic?

I’ve met Bridget Philipson in real life, she had very shiny hair and her bob was razor sharp. I tried not to notice as I was having a political conversation like a grown up, but I was massively impressed. With her hair. How old am I ?

I hope it’s Miliband for chancellor too. I like him. How different would things be if we had had chaos with Ed Miliband instead of Cameron?
(See I do have common opinions with others here 😉)

Shall we now rate female Labour MPs on their shiny hair?

John Healey is Chancellor.

John Healey well, well, well

Well to be fair we used to comment on Johnson's hair.

He's going to be exactly as shit as the others. Britain going down the pan thanks to recent governments

I don’t know much about Healey. Can anyone help?

Not at all, I hope my post made it clear I was rather ashamed of my own reaction. It was very shiny though.

Interesting optics to put a defence person into the money palace.

Oh fuck off!!!

John Healey? He's a fecking pensioner.

I'm leaving the Labour party.

I can hear them flicking through Healey's CV from here.

Dont diss the pensioners @placemats !

But that was his selling point. It was part of the image he wanted to portray.

They were all praising him a couple of weeks or so ago when he resigned. Awks.

I was thinking the same.

Oh dear are pensioners not any good at their jobs?

He was very well regarded in defence by lots of people from all sides. His civil servants respected him, he was on top of his brief. Don’t know about his financial skills yet.

Healey knows what do with defence spending, could be a smart move

He’s 66! Not even old enough for state pension. That’s a shameful remark.

Same only “know” as defence secretary.

I'm a pensioner this time next year.

So much for getting a new broom in.

Oh come on. If Starmer had not stood down he would have been fighting the next GE at the age of 66, same age as Healey is now. It isn't even state pension age.

A pensioner can be a new broom

Not a leadership threat. Likely to collaborate with No 10.