Thread 1 Burnham: Esperanza en cada Corazón

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Darren Jones and Jo Stevens out of cabinet

WTF is this nonsense?
I get that it’s wise to call him. Inviting him over for tea seems excessive
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/andy-burnham-invites-donald-trump-34322227

They’ve been shit today. Interviewed Jenrick and Corbyn this afternoon and Christian Graham might as well have Tory tattooed on his forehead. I’ve rarely seen such biased coverage or commentary.

It is for the G20 summit, I thought?

Eta snippet from Guardian:

Andy Burnham is expected to host US president Donald Trump in Manchester next year for the G20, according to The Times’ Washington editor.

It is understood that the choice of the north-west city as the location of the summit will have already been confirmed by the outgoing Keir Starmer.

Katy Balls wrote on X:

Donald Trump expected to meet Andy Burnham in his beloved Manchester next year for the G20.

Understand the new prime minister’s invitation by phone for the US president to visit referenced the 2027 summit which @thetimes can reveal is expected to take place in Manchester.

It is especially interesting given that president Trump recently dismissed Manchester, the UK’s third-largest city, as a “town” when asked about Burnham’s imminent appointment.

Yes it''s for the G20

Maybe. But a specific invitation to Manchester? In the first call?

Welcome, my friend; to the show that never ends...

Ah I see. Press shafting him already. Should have expected it. Caught out.

Healey, Miliband and Mahmood have all arrived at DS.

Remember how quickly Trump became a Mamdani fan ?

Apparently it was an existing arrangement made with Starmer.

We are absolutely screwed if Miliband gets any cabinet job with teeth.

He was an absolute knob decades ago, and he is even worse now, the talent pool is so limited and sparse maybe Burnham needs to scrape the bottom of the barrel.

Yes - an invition for Vimto and a Chorley Cake would surely be more suitable?

More of a fan of roses, more substance than peonies who are a little short lived for my liking .

Stroke of genius. Says a lot of things without needing to use confusing words.

Is that per the voices in your head?

Thanks for the welcome 😊 Some of you are familiar names from previous threads, can’t remember who I was back then.

He's done a good job with GB Energy.

Yes, quite funny that Burnham and Starmer decided on Manchester. A subtle two fingers up at 🍊 ?

My dad despises him (and Andy Burnham, always disparaging about Starmer but really hates Burnham), and seeing as my dad is a card-carrying Tory who believes evreything the DM says and that Boris was the best PM we've ever had I'm rather minded to think he's probably alright.

I do love my dad but...........

Admittedly it is the town that inspired "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", which is the Reform parties equivalent of The Red Flag.

He has. I really hope he gets chancellor over Mahmood.

The smart money was Mahmood for chancellor on the basis she's a fiscal conservative which won't scare the horses.

She scares me. I just find her too rw in some of her ideas.

I’m loving some of the reactions on this thread