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Possibly but starmer may not want to run that risk. I don’t get the feeling he enjoys being PM much, or frankly that he has stuff he really wants to enact, and if a fresh face can increase their odds of victory he might step aside rather than go through a brutal election to scrape a weak majority
September 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Possibly but starmer may not want to run that risk. I don’t get the feeling he enjoys being PM much, or frankly that he has stuff he really wants to enact, and if a fresh face can increase their odds of victory he might step aside rather than go through a brutal election to scrape a weak majority
I imagine burnham will be planning for 2028, another Manchester MP becomes mayor and he takes their seat, then he’s ready if starmer does a Trudeau, or takes over in 2029 if starmer loses the election
September 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I imagine burnham will be planning for 2028, another Manchester MP becomes mayor and he takes their seat, then he’s ready if starmer does a Trudeau, or takes over in 2029 if starmer loses the election
Surely that’s the point. He claims to be faithful, but really he’s only faithful to trump, hence he’s really a traitor
September 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Surely that’s the point. He claims to be faithful, but really he’s only faithful to trump, hence he’s really a traitor
It’s not only one that hardly any black, brown or Jewish people qualify for, but hardly any white English people either.
But of course he’s not really talking about ethnicity, he’s talking about race. If you’re from England and white then he thinks you’re English.
But of course he’s not really talking about ethnicity, he’s talking about race. If you’re from England and white then he thinks you’re English.
July 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
It’s not only one that hardly any black, brown or Jewish people qualify for, but hardly any white English people either.
But of course he’s not really talking about ethnicity, he’s talking about race. If you’re from England and white then he thinks you’re English.
But of course he’s not really talking about ethnicity, he’s talking about race. If you’re from England and white then he thinks you’re English.
If so then what is he worried about? Most people in England already aren’t ethnically English according to him, or at least are only partly ethnically English. So just who is at threat of being replaced? He’s arguing to preserve an ethnicity that according to his own logic barely exists anyway.
July 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
If so then what is he worried about? Most people in England already aren’t ethnically English according to him, or at least are only partly ethnically English. So just who is at threat of being replaced? He’s arguing to preserve an ethnicity that according to his own logic barely exists anyway.
If so can a black person be english with less than 10% English ancestry? If not then how many does it take? Is wager the vast majority of people in England already have one non English ancestor, including the whole royal family, the England football team and any of Churchill’s descendants.
July 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
If so can a black person be english with less than 10% English ancestry? If not then how many does it take? Is wager the vast majority of people in England already have one non English ancestor, including the whole royal family, the England football team and any of Churchill’s descendants.
If I went to Ireland or the Isle of Man and told them I was ethnically Irish or manx, they’d laugh me out of the country.
Which begs the question, what is your ethnicity if your ancestors are not all from the same place? Is one greatx3 grandparent enough?
Which begs the question, what is your ethnicity if your ancestors are not all from the same place? Is one greatx3 grandparent enough?
July 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
If I went to Ireland or the Isle of Man and told them I was ethnically Irish or manx, they’d laugh me out of the country.
Which begs the question, what is your ethnicity if your ancestors are not all from the same place? Is one greatx3 grandparent enough?
Which begs the question, what is your ethnicity if your ancestors are not all from the same place? Is one greatx3 grandparent enough?
Of course I probably don’t classify as English because most of my ancestors from 3/4 generations ago, people I’ve never met and shared any culture with, were not born in England. Or maybe we managed to absorb Englishness over that period through being white enough for it to sink in.
July 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Of course I probably don’t classify as English because most of my ancestors from 3/4 generations ago, people I’ve never met and shared any culture with, were not born in England. Or maybe we managed to absorb Englishness over that period through being white enough for it to sink in.
Indeed, people are of a time as much as they are of a place. I share more cultural simularities with my wife who was born half the world away than with my father who was born in the same town.
July 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Indeed, people are of a time as much as they are of a place. I share more cultural simularities with my wife who was born half the world away than with my father who was born in the same town.
Need to bring in ranked choice voting clearly
May 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Need to bring in ranked choice voting clearly