To be sick of people being so negative about the things Burnham is putting into place

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Nobody thinks they’ll fix everything but he’s doing small things that can be actioned quickly and will drastically improve aspects of our lives that have got worse over the last two decades - parking fines, music on trains, vaping on public transport. They’re all small things, yes, but they will make things a little better.

He’s not said anywhere that he thinks that doing these things will save Britain. So why are people acting like he has said that?

Yes because everyone has to love Labour . Meanwhile, back in a democracy...

nothing at all- but we’ve had over two years of Labour- people are desperate and are looking for bigger picture larger scale improvements
we’ll see what happens in the budget- that will give us a clearer idea of how he’s thinking

I voted for Starmer. Burnham is an unelected upstart. He has absolutely no integrity.

BTW: The parking reforms have been 7 years in the making. So started under a previous government.

not everyone gets a pay rise every year

I hope bigger changes will be coming too. Though I’m a fan of some of these small changes….

It’s all very encouraging. It’s funny when you think about the excessive excitement from right wing voters about the so-called ‘Badenoch bounce’ last week.

We have all done these things. But we aren't .... Prime minister....

Maybe challenge travel companies to ensure prices don't treble at school holidays

Maybe look at removing tax for petrol

Maybe focus on National insurance

Oh no.... Let's deal with noise on trains... Oh and get stabbed when dealing with it .. and prisons are full

Nor all Andy's fault that prisons are full, but when you kick a cabinet out at least focus on the big things...

Maybe it isn't as cool as you thought

The first responsibility of a Prime minister is defence of the realm. He is failing in that. All the rest of his actions that have been spun into the press for public consumption are nothing more than populist headline grabbers. Without enforcement for any of them there will be no benefit to the public or the UK in general.

I agree with all of this. I really do think dealing with seemingly low-level everyday civic frustrations can transform how people feel about their communities.

Are you saying you don't like Labour? Well knock me down with an angry Reform pensioner's crutch.

It's the hundreds of little things that are going to transform things.

Better that than planning 40 new hospitals and actually building none.

People would have only criticised if Burnham had swept in spending billions on big projects. Then it'd be 'OK, he's going to rebuild the world but I still have to pay over the odds for my bus fare.'

I find it depressing that some people aren't capable of understanding this.

Yep. Let’s wait for the budget though and see what Dobbie comes up with.
A man of such principles surely has found the money for defense.

As we all know, Boris Johnson was the paragon of integrity, diligence, and serving the country: after all, we should expect no less, as he had the best education that money can buy.

And pigs can fly.

I’m still giving Burnham the benefit of the doubt. I find it refreshing to hear the prime minister talk about things that affect everyday people. Johnson would have said “people should have got better jobs, or been born into better families, then they wouldn’t notice the cost of parking fines; my secretary handles all those.”

And why isn’t the documentary about Reform headline news?

That’s largely down to private companies making that choice though.

I strongly suspect that burnham’s budget could include a cut to taxes to 5%, tripling the minimum wage, infinite funding for defence and the NHS, and people would still be angry.

They are looking at the bigger picture as well as making things a bit easier for day to day living

A disproportionately large number of people seem to hate them, that’s for sure

I work in elective surgery in the NHS. We are now booking surgeries around 40 weeks wait, rather than the 60+ it was last year. It’s not perfect, but it’s a good step in the right direction.

When did Burnham lower the threshold for higher rate tax?

Is he going to tackle the PIP problem. A friend walks 15km a day abd has a mobility car. It's a joke.

How are you suggesting he defends the realm?

I’m not a bot and I’m DELIGHTED he’s capped bus fares at £2 and is making airlines not charge £8.99 for kids sitting together. He’s hot on it🔥

It really doesn’t matter right now that we’re adding millions to national debt each month, and unemployment is up. We can get on the bus cheaper though🥳

Unemployment is down

Yes, I've just received an appointment for a non urgent ultrasound less than three week from my first attempt to contact GP. Two years ago I'd still be waiting for my GP appointment.