Burnham - does he know what a woman is?

[Dragonasaurus]

Just that really - we’ve had Starmer prevaricating, fence sitting, “most women don’t have a penis” in fact women don’t have a penis’ but somehow I’m going to let Phillipson sit on the guidance which would ensure women’s single sex spaces (some of them anyway)…..

Would Burnham be any better? Does anyone know what his position is?

I haven’t rtft but this is really bad

The vote on pb trials yesterday. Awful adults not caring for dc.

During this vote, party lines were largely maintained. Labour MPs voted down the motion to scrap the trial, while the Conservative party and several independent MPs pushed for its outright cancellation

That political rhetoric has just meant Starmer lost his job. Which is great, perhaps the others will rein it in.

There was hope on this forum in the years before 2024 GE that Starmer would rein it in. If he has, it's only because he and his progressive cohort were almost daily shown up by the likes of JKR, Janice Turner, Sonia Sodha etc.
Every step of the way, Starmer and the party at large obfuscated and deflected, until they could do so no longer.
Hence we now have the official advice on SC ruling.
But for every "victory" there are two defeats...the PB trial still going ahead, new legislation on conversion therapy.
And now we see likely PM Burnham chief of staff will be none other than James Purnell, trans ideologue effectively who oversaw pronouns policy at the BBC.
You need eyes in the back of your head with this network of left activism/policy wonks.

She did indeed. I remember it well. Remember, when politicians claim they care about the people, instead so many care purely about their side, their way of doing politics.
Her palpable anger, not over the crimes, but that her side, her politics, was being implicated in scandal, was really instructive in seeing into what makes these people tick.
These "draw the curtains back" moments are rare, and so striking when you experience them.

Ik Labour are annoying on this. I prefer Kemi’s clarity.

So mostly men then. Colour me surprised.

Yet all we're told daily is that Kemi is a culture warrior, and that culture wars don't matter, are counterproductive.
Too bad the liberal left decided to stoke this culture war for over two decades now (when did the GRA come in? 2004?).

Take this with a pinch of salt, if you like, but this piece is suggesting that chancellor, home secretary, foreign secretary and defence, are going to be given to women, to balance out that the fact that the Labour Party is going to be led, as always, by a white male:

If true, this is sly politics imo. Going to give cabinet positions on pretence of ‘balance’ whilst sidelining any talented men who might challenge him and simultaneously surrounding himself with incompetent fawning handmaidens. Behind the scenes will be where the real (male) decision makers can be found eg compass. Sounds more and more like a Johnson premiership.

Bond markets liked Reeves (can’t say I did), so it’ll be interesting to see market reaction to next chancellor. We’re living in a rentier economy now so it seems fairly assured there will be more taxes one way or another. Middle classes who took govt advice and saved hit hardest?

..Sarri specialises in ‘identity and difference’ conflict and is increasingly in demand to lead work on Systemic Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Decolonising, in institutions, organisations, communities and movements, including local government bodies, philanthropists, activists, and change leaders.

Anyone else read that and think, well, you can fuck right off with that?

Yep 2004. This is on them. And that culture wars line, what nonsense. I’m so glad the person who used it to get in has been ousted. So pleased.

It’s another example of what ought to have been good work towards building a society with less racism and more tolerance but which has become virtue spirals, authoritarian demands, micro aggressions and paradoxically less tolerance and greater divisions. Different groups in power, same tactics.

Conflict "resolution" with these people is everyone "resolving" to think the same way. One way only.

I think the word you're looking for is "forced" actually!
ps. But I see what you did there 😀

You make a good point. These people don't use language the way we do.
Women's spaces resolved so that transwomen can use them is the same as women being forced to accept men in their spaces.
You see, change the language from women "forced" (coerced, obligated etc) to spaces "resolved", and the problem is "mitigated", or in our language, "ramped up".

Kemi was quite funny in PMQ…Burnham is little more than "a pair of eyelashes and a black T-shirt".

To be fair, he does have very nice eyelashes! I don't think I want Pretty Eyelashes running the country, though I don't suppose we have any choice at this point.

I appreciate your u/n and I’m guessing she’s for the chop soon going by the NEU’s press release.

Sorry, don't quite catch your drift there? Can you elaborate please?

I was just reading a press release from the NEU calling for your username name sake to go. I think she will be up for the chop soon.

🤣

I think she’ll have fun with him.

Ah, hadn't seen that!

My wife, who's as generally small c conservative/apolitical as it gets, looks at Burnham and this rushed procedure to get him in, looks at him and his black T-shirt and jeans, and says "ho hum, we really want a -bloke- in charge, he's getting the job because he's a -bloke-?"
I don't think she just means male, she means this procured man of the people schtick.
It's so empty, as if Burnham was the perfect combination of Blair meta politics expertise, Johnson appeal across the classes, Corbyn burning principle against injustices.
In truth, he's a guy who was invisible in govt and shadow govt, has no ideas except for how to run the buses on time.
Or maybe that's how far we've fallen as a country, that we're desperate for anyone with the most basic skills like bus timetables to save us from the uselessness of the last half dozen useless occupants of Number Ten.

Anyway, this personalisation of politics is daft. I'm sure Burnham himself didn't pore over all the details of Manchester's bus service, any more than Boris personally designed Boris Bikes. Which in itself is not a criticism of either of them.

Yes that is what I think, for one.