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To be sick to death of Andy Burnham already

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Viviennemary · 17/07/2026 20:57

I'm sick to death already of seeing Andy Burnham and hearing his voice. And he isnt even PM yet. Come back Keir Starmer. All is forgiven. I dont know how I'm going to suffer 3 or four more years of him in charge. Playing the part of the working class hero who is going to save the country. Give me strength.

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englandd · 17/07/2026 22:02

At the end of the day they’re all as bad as each other imo! Something will come out soon enough and then it’ll be off with his head !

LuckyHazelFox · 17/07/2026 22:03

Bots or trolls. Who gets to decide who's who. Oh that's right, luckily @mnhq. It's rather boring now.

JudeMyHero · 17/07/2026 22:04

So much for a fresh forward thinking approach.
Harking back to Thatcher !
I think they will find the stuff of brown /Blair and Gillian Duffy biggot comment are the bigger more recent reasons why they have lost their red wall.

Nanda66 · 17/07/2026 22:05

123H · 17/07/2026 21:12

I agree with the OP. I’m already sick of his ‘I’m just a normal working class Northern man’ act. In reality he’s a middle class, Oxbridge educated, millionaire multi property owning, career politician who’s never had a job outside politics. Northern he is; ordinary ‘working man of the people’ he ain’t!

He’s an egotistical, shape shifter who I wouldn’t trust as far as I could throw … and I’m a Labour Party member from the North. We don’t all think he’s the Messiah!

You’ve nailed it. Well done.

bittertwisted · 17/07/2026 22:06

ObsessedwithJim · 17/07/2026 21:57

I can’t stand him, he’s so fake and is going to rip us off by charging us yet more tax to give away as foreign aid and to people who contribute nothing to the economy. Absolutely Evil Git and thank god the right will be back soon because everyone will see what a shit show Labour are.

He most definitely was not ‘evil’ in his fight for justice for the hillsborough familes, his support was invaluable
check your prejudice when you call someone evil, you should be ashamed of yourself

AndyBurkhamstocks · 17/07/2026 22:07

Hello

JudeMyHero · 17/07/2026 22:07

LuckyHazelFox · 17/07/2026 21:42

The cabinet announcement will be very interesting. The first test of his judgement.

This is true and the biggest test will be "where to put the liability that is ed Milliband."

puyr · 17/07/2026 22:07

5128gap · 17/07/2026 21:35

What's your definition of socialism? And what makes you fear it?

the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.

TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum · 17/07/2026 22:08

Dont worry OP. I'm sure he's sick to death of people like you too.

puyr · 17/07/2026 22:09

but we don’t need to worry. He won’t last long. He’s the last nail in Labour’s coffin.

NorthXNorthWest · 17/07/2026 22:09

BeardySchnauzer · 17/07/2026 21:58

Yes and this thread also highlights the north/south divide (apparently him being northern is the only reason you can’t like him)

but I can live in hope he won’t go full throttle on a north south divide and understand the country isn’t set up the same way east/west Germany was (as I’ve heard that used as a comparison by one of his supporters)

Sadly, I think it is too late for that. His opening battle cry was that he was sticking to the South.

millymollymoomoo · 17/07/2026 22:09

Gong to be MUCH worse than Starmer ( who’s have thought they even possible )

Fast800goingforit · 17/07/2026 22:09

The OP hates any politician who is not right wing, evidenced by her many posts on numerous threads.

Smellycat10 · 17/07/2026 22:10

Tiptopflipflop · 17/07/2026 21:20

I hate the fact that he's likely going to pursue policies that wouldn't have won Labour a general election. It feels very wrong to me that a a party can win an election saying one thing. Then two years down the line put a new bloke in and pursue a new agenda.

It’s like”I wanna be prime minister…so I’ll be prime minister—you’ll lump it”
Id rather vote for Bin Face

puyr · 17/07/2026 22:11

millymollymoomoo · 17/07/2026 22:09

Gong to be MUCH worse than Starmer ( who’s have thought they even possible )

yep. We’re in for a very bumpy ride.

Pearlstillsinging · 17/07/2026 22:11

MaybeMeansMaybe · 17/07/2026 21:50

I think people are shocked that he orchestrated a coup-having failed to become Leader twice before in a fair and square manner-and now wants to bring in a raft of policies that no-one voted for,.

If we're going to start playing that game then every Party can shout . "Vote For Joe Bloggs. Joe and his Party are going to give out free sweets and no-one ever has to work again."

Joe wins. In he comes. He lasts for 5 minutes. He's kicked out and the Party bring in, by shady means, Jeff Bloggs who declares he will bring back the death penalty, send all children down the mines that he is re-opening and pave over every field.

No. If you are going to have a new manifesto-very different from your host party, then you call an election and give yourself a mandate.

Unless....

You know you will lose an election.

It's sharp practice by a shyster.

That shyster is Andy Burnham who at any moment, I expect to see taking part in the Four Yorkshiremen sketch with Bridget Phillipson, while walking their whippets and singing the Blaydon Races.

AB has already said that he will work within the Manifesto that the Labour Party won the GE on.

BeardySchnauzer · 17/07/2026 22:11

NorthXNorthWest · 17/07/2026 22:09

Sadly, I think it is too late for that. His opening battle cry was that he was sticking to the South.

I know - but I am hopeful that the realities of government and some understanding of economic deprivation/wealth around the country will make him reconsider

you don’t need to step on someone to help someone else up

LuckyHazelFox · 17/07/2026 22:14

Fast800goingforit · 17/07/2026 22:09

The OP hates any politician who is not right wing, evidenced by her many posts on numerous threads.

That's rich! You're crucified on here if you're not left wing. Hilarious.

GreerGarrisonWinbury · 17/07/2026 22:15

So go back to the 70s.They only had 5 years power and what did they actually do? They lost in 1970 and came back in 1974. Wilson resigned in 76 but oversaw the UK joining the EU. Then no one was happy with Callaghan and Thatcher was elected.

ObsessedwithJim · 17/07/2026 22:16

APageInYourDiary · 17/07/2026 22:02

Ah yes, our wonderful Tory government - 14 years of crippling austerity and the total fucking dogs dinner that was Brexit. Yay for the right 🙄

Have you seen the cost of living? Have you seen how crowded everything is? Have you seen the state of the NHS?

bring back the Tories.

JudeMyHero · 17/07/2026 22:17

BeardySchnauzer · 17/07/2026 22:11

I know - but I am hopeful that the realities of government and some understanding of economic deprivation/wealth around the country will make him reconsider

you don’t need to step on someone to help someone else up

I dont think labour has shown one shred of anything remotely coming close to eccomic senisbility.

Thechaseison71 · 17/07/2026 22:17

BeardySchnauzer · 17/07/2026 21:01

Yes - I meant it being in the news because of the World Cup and then thatcher being raised as the bogeyman again

and then harking back to the 70’s

i kind of feel like the current problem is that no one has new ideas!

Well thatcher didn't come to power before 1979. It wasnt her government that had all the strikes etc

Fairyliz · 17/07/2026 22:18

DontSayItsOver · 17/07/2026 21:08

Give the guy a chance for god sake. He hasn’t even laid out a single policy proposal.

That’s because he hasn’t got any.

PrettyLittleRose · 17/07/2026 22:18

Viviennemary · 17/07/2026 21:08

You are absolutely right I did. I suppose its like getting remarried and finding out the 2nd husband is even worse than the 1st one. It happens.

So who which Labour MP would YOU like to be in Number 10 then @Viviennemary ? 🙄And it has to be a LABOUR one because THEY are in power!
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LuckyHazelFox · 17/07/2026 22:19

JudeMyHero · 17/07/2026 22:17

I dont think labour has shown one shred of anything remotely coming close to eccomic senisbility.

Yes, but they are the grown ups.

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