Thread 2 Burnham : Coragem e Esperança.

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Brilliant!

I concur with a lot of this.

I really do hope Burnham is the one to turn it around as I hoped the same with Sunak and Starmer.

I actually liked Starmer and thought he did a lot of good but know he wasn’t left enough for Labour voters in general.

I wish he’d continued this term and if Burnham and LP wanted Burnham it was done at next GE but we are where we are and as long as I don’t get poorer and the disabled stop being battered I’ll take what it is for what it is.

Love his parting shot 😂

He really is quite something! Yes please, let’s have him on LK, or Question Time when it’s back on.

Certainly an antidote to the lazy "old folk are racists reformers" trope that Reform themselves lean into.

94 ... which means from the time of fascism war and defiance. Part of the generation we had to lose to enable cunts like Farage and his lickspittle canvasser who was born well after the Spitfire was retired. Unlike his target who would have seen them fly over. Very much for real.

Born 1932 so he was a child during the depression and the war and saw the transformation of the country under the Attlee government as he moved into adulthood. Small wonder he has no time for Nigel.

Binface needs to get him on his campaign trail.

That’s the best thing I’ve watched for ages 🤣

Oh yes please.

My mum was 92 when she voted Remain and had been left leaning all her adult life.

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/state-pensioners-income-exempt-income-tax-4664120

Archive version. Wait for the cries of “It’s not faaaaaaair” despite it only affecting pensioners whose only income is their state pension.

https://archive.ph/KNx43

It a genius move. Free headlines that will make old people feel happy at less cost than a TV licence.

It's looking like team Burnham have not been idle.

Enjoy.

Think this is new - not been following closely

Reform councillors told to call donations inquiry ‘establishment stitch-up’

Party briefing notes say: ‘Daily routine of hit jobs and smears will not deter us from winning next general election’

Reform councillors told to call donations inquiry ‘establishment stitch-up’ | Reform UK | The Guardian

Ooppsie daisy 😂

Reform think people are stupid and why wouldn't they if those people vote for them. Win win!

More genius sould be to raise the tax threshold. Benefits everyone and doesn’t allow for all the “boomer” crap.

But that would actually cost something

https://www.aol.com/articles/inquiry-farage-poster-row-anti-132743000.html

and

https://verybrexitproblems.com/blogs/news/is-london-safe-far-right-myth

It would be unaffordable and this minimises the boomer crap, no “my parents are trillionaires with 96 houses and three yachts” nonsense with this.

It’s not unaffordable. Just nobody has the will to do what’s necessary to make it affordable.

No idea why that’s been hidden. It had a link to an article by Dan Neidle advocating a cut in NI rather than tax changes.