Thread 1 Burnham: Esperanza en cada Corazón

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Agree. I have read/heard "convicted fraudster" being used several times already. ThevTelegraph is bashing away.

www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/03735a04dfb97c49

Thanks Blossom and Duncin - interesting people.

It’ll get tired of it. She should never have been convicted for something so trivial in the first place.

yes Harbourne’s desire to cover the full term does look something of a mistake now we all know about it!
Payment upfront & in full.

Hopefully. The press generally seem to be unable to find dirt on AB and the new cabinet and can only come up with rehashed stuff so far.

Gillian Keegan, former Conservative MP, said on Newsnight that they can already pay the extra tax if they wanted to.

Business rates to be cut by 20% for pubs, clubs and music venues in England

Burnham says relief for vape shops and other ‘non-positive’ businesses to be reviewed as part of £100m plan to fund cut

I don't expect any big policies to be announced soon, these are just creating some positivity.

Yes, that lazy response is repeated on MN quite often. Misses the point completely

Vape shops, what are they good for?

New thread, thanks @placemats for the title

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5557787-thread-2-burnham-coragem-e-esperanca

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/10/louise-haigh-pleaded-guilty-to-lying-that-phone-was-stolen-paper-shows

I don't think her behaviour was trivial at all. This suggests to me a deep level of dishonesty.

Grant Shapps is considered too left wing for the Tories 😂

Exc: Grant Shapps believed to be one of at least 10 ex Tory MPs who have failed their assessments as Badenoch overhauls selection process

https://spectator.com/article/grant-shapps-misses-out-on-tory-selection/

Super idea - let’s see what XYZ fancy paying this year and work back from that.

Burnham is not going to call an early election.

He has time to re-apply then using his other names......

We don't disagree often, but I disagree with you here.

MPs should be held to a higher standard of behaviour because they set the tone for all those who they lead.

Just like the pcns for Johnson and Sunak were appropriate.

There has to be a standard and all three have fallen below it. Personally for me, that makes none of them fit for office. There are more than £5m reasons Farage is not fit.

And they should know.

The optics of being accused of sleaze by the Tories cannot be happenstance. But it could be the Tories leaning into their trump card (geddit ?). Which is the fact they did not allow Farage to do to the Tories what Trump did to the GOP.

😂😂

MPs should be held to a higher standard of behaviour because they set the tone for all those who they lead.

Shirley you mean Labour MPs @Llttledrummergirl

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/23/how-hosepipe-ban-got-caught-up-in-culture-war

Suella Braverman must be taking notes from Mumsnet.

Jenrick gets his information from Guido Fawkes without doing a basic check.

MPs should be held to a higher standard of behaviour because they set the tone for all those who they lead.

Does that not risk a danger of a "them" and "us" government ? Especially when you consider how hard it can be to stay clear of pettifogging regulations if you are from a less privileged background ?

I hope they are waiting a long time.

The new government needs to relentless push the CoL message. Let the others shout at pigeons

We have always trusted Guido Fawkes as a source of information

The naivety is touching.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_pigeon

Lest we forget.