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@mehdirhasan @AndyBurnhamGM A joke - This video shows a nice bloke without a plan or at least how to fund re-industrialisation and nationalisation of essential utilities. Would take decades to do both. This video is exactly what is wrong with politics.

Powerful launch video from @AndyBurnhamGM. A Labour politician who looks, sounds, and talks human. It’s been a while.

@lewis_goodall This video says nothing apart from what a great bloke he is. There is no content or plan. This doesn’t wash at a national level. Industrialisation and nationalisation would cost trillions & decades - no clue on how that happens.

One of the most effective bits of political communication on the left I’ve seen in a long time. A message and a powerful messenger.

@daheditor @implausibleblog Sorry, never said that. I said “Wars often involve many people (including children - remember Vietnam) often including ethnic cleansing.” sad to hear you don’t care about wars (or maybe just 1)- or people in them inc. children,you seem to be hung up on a particular ideology.

@Snizzeler @implausibleblog I don’t care about Vietnam war. I criticised Starmer for support and involvement of current genocide/ethnic cleansing by Isreali govt. Where IDF is intentionally targeting Palestinian children And YOU RESPONDED by claiming it’s part of war. How is that not justification? idiot

Labour MP Jenny Chapman, "I think what's happened is there is so much focus on the person at the top, and there is the sense that if you change the person at the top, all of the problems, um, somehow resolve themselves or... " "And I just think we have to be a bit more honest and adult about some of this. " "There are huge challenges facing our economy. Look at the geopolitical situation, uh, the situation that we inherited. " "There are amazing things that we have done actually in the first two years. I would like to go faster, but we've done renters' rights, employment rights. There are more police. " "We've done work on violence against women and girls. There are things that we are really proud that we have done, breakfast clubs for young kids. " "You know, things that are going to make a real difference in the long run, but you're not feeling it right now, and I think that desire to feel the change is really palpable. " "And if I genuinely thought that changing one person in the entire government, even if that person is the prime minister, would somehow unlock that, that growth or, or make things happen more quickly, then I, I would be absolutely for that. " "But I, I really don't think that that is-- You know, you keep trying the same solution, which is about changing the person and expecting a different outcome. I don't think that that's really what we need to do. " "I think the point about stability is absolutely right. It needs stability, it needs focus, and it needs clarity and determination to do the things that need to be done to get this country back on the right path. "

@daheditor @implausibleblog Yes. That is a fact. I’m not excusing anything there. In the Vietnam war, the Viet Cong deployed children (child soldiers) they were actively recruited and deployed children as young as 13 in combat and support roles. Educate yourself. Never mentioned the targeting of children

@Snizzeler @implausibleblog “Wars often involve many people (including children - remember Vietnam) often including ethnic cleansing.” These are your words excusing targeting and killing children. It was only after I mentioned holocaust you started saying it was wrong Clearly your a Trumpian level genius

Let’s have a think about what’s happening in Makerfield. This by election is costing taxpayers £226,208. And it’s happening because a Labour MP chose to step aside to make room for Andy Burnham’s leadership ambitions. He admitted that himself. But here’s some more interesting figures. If Burnham wins, he’ll have to resign as Greater Manchester Mayor too. That triggers another election costing taxpayers around £4.7 million. So in total, nearly £5 million of public money could be spent not on improving services, fixing roads, supporting communities or helping struggling families, but on political career ambitions. People are struggling with bills, crime, NHS waiting lists and communities being ignored. Yet Westminster politics still seems focused on who climbs the ladder next. That’s what frustrates people. Not democracy. Political games made to look like democracy.

@daheditor @implausibleblog ‘Sounds like’-your interpretation and reality are 2 different things. Never said “it’s the price of war”. Never said KS is great at all -I said “he is the best statesman in a long time” that is a comparative statement. This is your spin.Try reading. Comprehension is tricky

@Snizzeler @implausibleblog I think you need to read your own messages. I criticised Starmer and this Labour govt for arming and supporting, which includes logistical and reconnaissance support, a genocide You responded to that saying it’s just price of war and KS is great, sounds like justification to me

@daheditor @implausibleblog I mean all wars are not fought by armies at all! Conventional wars yes, but not the majority of wars seen over the last 20 years or more.

@daheditor @implausibleblog I’m not justifying any war. BUT it is a war. I think you need to read my messages carefully. You are the one who says wars are fought by two armies. I didn’t say that at all. In fact wars are not fought by armies at all. E.g jihadist insurgencies and armed militias

@daheditor @implausibleblog No not denying the holocaust. All wars are illegitimate and not justifiable. Are you a bit simple. Not denying the right to denounce atrocities BUT the route cause of wars are what I said they were.

@Snizzeler @implausibleblog Really so are you denying the holocaust or just saying what the Nazi’s did was a legitimate part of war and the Jewish people should stop complaining about it?

@daheditor @implausibleblog The holocast was part of that war. That was a consequence of racial hatred, that started from the economic failure of the German state. Jewish people have every right to “complain”. The world must always reflect and reject all aspects of war. The is no legitimate action of war.

@daheditor @implausibleblog There are 1000’s of kids used even today in South Sudan, Syria, and Haiti. The example of Vietnam is a historical one.Just google it. Ethnic cleansing is symptomatic of war, just a mask of ethnic hatred. Like in Bosnia/Serbia and many others.

@Snizzeler @implausibleblog Don’t remember snipers/drones being used to kill kids in Vietnam. Or kids being arrested and jailed They’ve literally passed a law to execute Palestinian prisoners, specifically Palestinian. Bullshit about ideology. When you pass laws executing one race that’s ethnic cleansing

@PeterStefanovi2 @Channel4News Breaking news… Andy Burnham wants Labour to be more Labour. No roadmap, policies or anything except nationalise stuff. Brilliant. NOT.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has set out his views on Labour's path forward and the policy challenges facing the country. Speaking to @Channel4News Burnham said he wanted Labour to become “a party that they can believe in again, a party solidly on the side of working class people”

@daheditor @implausibleblog No it is a war. It’s a war of ideologies & religion for one. Wars are on many levels. Class, ethnicity, ideology, religion, finance, race, ethics etc. Wars often involve many people (including children - remember Vietnam) often including ethnic cleansing.

@Snizzeler @implausibleblog What war? War implies two armies fighting each other Kids are not an army Gaza is not a war, its ethnic cleansing

@BBCBreakfast The reality is there is no connection between politicians and the public ever. Politicians live in a completely different world. The public strive to improve themselves, struggle to make ends meet. So the idea of politicians reflecting public views is not ever achievable.

'I think Britain has been on the wrong path for 40 years' Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has said he wants to 'save the Labour Party from where it has been' and get 'the basics back under public control', as he attempts to return to Parliament as an MP bbc.co.uk/news/live/cdrz…

The irony of the leadership mess and accusations within Labour, is that we have a PM who went to a normal university and has worked his way up, being lectured on not understanding the working class by two career politicians who went to Oxbridge.

It beggars belief how many people would be prepared to vote for a party (I use the term loosely) without the first idea of what they stand for other than ‘Stop the boats’. 🤷‍♂️ Retweet far and wide.

@daheditor @implausibleblog All that takes time - more that 18 months. Wars are bad no matter what side of the fence you sit on, international cooperation is need to stop that it isn’t just U.K. weapons killing ppl, more come from Russian,Iran,US than anywhere. KS is the best statesman in a long time.

@Snizzeler @implausibleblog The Labour govt have failed to address cost of living crisis They’ve failed to stop private water companies polluting our rivers and seas for profit They’ve failed to break link between gas and electricity prices But they’ve successfully supported, armed and assisted genocide

@Turmaine Wait - that wasn’t in the manifesto and they didn’t ask me via a referendum - disgraceful. 😂

🚨*NEW:* This Labour Government has now banned the online bots which have been scraping up driving test slots. This will help to prevent the exploitation of learners and drive down test waiting times.

@MrsNickyClark That and Brexit.

The trouble began, I think, when we all started to believe that good politicians needed charisma.

@louderry If that man can do it why can’t Labour MP’s ? The message must be delivered to the electorate at every opportunity, clearly and consistently and concisely. MP’s for some reason expect the PM or cabinet to do this, why can’t they. Not impossible!

The reason he did a better job is he was allowed to talk about labours achievement without being barracked by the tory presenter. Impossible task for labour MPs.