Forums
Welcome to Live View – Take the tour to learn more
Start Tour
There is currently 1 person viewing this thread.
tanglefoot
22 Jun 26 09:16
Joined:
Date Joined: 12 May 12
| Topic/replies: 18,789 | Blogger: tanglefoot's blog
Gone,goodbye
Show More
Loading...
Report alun2005 June 22, 2026 9:34 AM BST
Was nice to hear Beethoven's 9th drowning out his pure drivel.
Report SirNorbertClarke June 22, 2026 9:35 AM BST
When will we hear from Burnham?
Report saddo June 22, 2026 9:35 AM BST
He probably still has a fanboy or two on here.
Report alun2005 June 22, 2026 9:37 AM BST
That resignation speech has to be the biggest piece of easily disprovable nonsense ever heard outside Number 10.
Report SirNorbertClarke June 22, 2026 9:37 AM BST
The genocide denier has gone.
Report SirNorbertClarke June 22, 2026 9:39 AM BST
Bring on the next genocide denier.
Report saddo June 22, 2026 9:42 AM BST
Is that the genocide in the country where the population is rising every year?
Report BennyBinion1 June 22, 2026 9:52 AM BST
Two years of unpatriotic, spiteful, virtue signalling vandalism.
Report the.mad.dog.man June 22, 2026 10:00 AM BST
he was useless
Report Stringvest June 22, 2026 10:08 AM BST
F  I  L  T  H
Report Mr Spock June 22, 2026 10:30 AM BST
I honestly believe he thought he was doing a good job, hopefully Reeves is the next to go. Another one that should never be near a government position.
Report SirNorbertClarke June 22, 2026 10:40 AM BST
Reeves kneecapped Starmer from the get go with her WRP cuts.

Then Starmer confirmed he was clueless by defending the cuts!

Two buffoons together.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 22, 2026 11:15 AM BST
https://x.com/MAGAVoice/status/2068993750467240407
/
Report DIE LINKE June 22, 2026 11:38 AM BST
Pity the Jewess having to spend more time with that cnt.
Report Pleasegivemeanailedontip June 22, 2026 12:06 PM BST
Currency, bond markets etc seem to have shrugged this seismic news off with a massive ‘whatever’
Report TheBetterBettor June 22, 2026 12:31 PM BST
Former prime ministers should only receive the PM pension and attend the Remembrance Sunday commemorations, Only if they've won a majority and served a full term in office.

That leaves after thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair. The rest are asterisk prime ministers
Report ALIEN SEX FIEND June 22, 2026 12:59 PM BST
Odd man decisive yet indecisive. Was very quick TO shut down dissenting voices on the street if they disagreed with what was happening in his Cabinet.  Watched his troops fall in the trenches, yet was not man enough to deal with his cabinet, and was hell bent on helping left wing, benefit riders, and we know there are lots of people we understand need help, maybe for life, however this covid excuse with the young is a joke. If it walked he taxed it via the office lady. He would not listen to the people on the street, the man was in total denial. Now we find out Sweety is stepping aside as well. LABOUR just does not get it, they never listened to the people. GOOD RIDDANCE.  And at the taxpayers expense, you and Burnham have cost the tax payer money, new mayor election, by election and the yearly pay off ex Prime Ministers get every year. Minds me of the sort of guy who go goes to womens drawers to sniff their pantees. And reminds me of the famous line in FULL METAL JACKET.... BY Gunnery Sergeant Hartman....i bet you are the THE KIND OF GUY.....
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 22, 2026 1:37 PM BST
Mens drawers surely
Report the old nanny ;-) June 22, 2026 1:51 PM BST
Who was playing the Music was it Brexit Bray LaughLaugh
Report mesmerised June 22, 2026 1:59 PM BST
Are we really going to have a Scouser as Prime Minister, the minions at 10 Downing Street would be well advised to start nailing down all the furniture to the walls and floors straight away imoLaugh
Report sageform June 22, 2026 2:08 PM BST
Decisive? Who decided on the cold weather payment, the farm tax, closing oil fields, 3 child benefits? Was it him, or one of his terrible Ministers or the Labour MPs blob.? I don't like the direction that Burnham is likely to head in but at least I expect him to impose a bit more control over the rest of the Cabinet.
Report MALAY June 22, 2026 2:20 PM BST
Never really impressed me on the rare times I heard him speak, but none of them really impress me, made some bad appointments which were ultimately his downfall.
Has to be praised for standing up to Trumpton and keeping England out an illegal offensive, but it was a poisoned chalice taking over UK after the mess the tories left.
But he promised things he didn’t deliver, smashing the gangs, boosting economy, I think they were unrealistic objectives.
GL to new guy, I think he will have his work cut out.
Report the old nanny ;-) June 22, 2026 2:26 PM BST
Standing up to Trump

was on his hands and Knees picking his papers up FFS
Report MALAY June 22, 2026 2:41 PM BST
I know nothing about picking papers up, read what I posted and if you think that was wrong on his stance tell the forum, I think it was correct decision, if you disagree give you’re opinion on why.
Report the old nanny ;-) June 22, 2026 2:48 PM BST
What could he have sent MALAY , we have no Army No Boats ,They sent a boat it broke down

Starmer is alright giving it the Big un with his EU mates , look where that has got him

GOOD RIDDANCE .He has single handily destroyed the Labour party , it is a long way back for them

Trumo is the least of our Worries
Report SirNorbertClarke June 22, 2026 3:04 PM BST
All this, "Keir was a decent man" bollocks is sickening.

A decent man wouldn't have looked the other way or supplied arms to the Israelis while the IDF slaughtered 22,000 children in Gaza.

He deserves to rot in hell.
Report MALAY June 22, 2026 3:05 PM BST
Was it not something to do with bases ? Trumpton raging with, I don’t think he wanted England to send soldiers?
Again I know little about UK military capacity but Starmer  wasn’t in the job long enough to be blamed for weaknesses in that surely, I would guess it takes long time to build that up, unless he goes and bought ready made gear off China with taxpayers money and sends to illegal war.
No doubt the you tube lads and daily express would have field day with kind of policy.
Report Escapee June 22, 2026 3:09 PM BST

He has single handily destroyed the Labour party


Corbyn destroyed it, made it unelectable.
Starmer somehow turned it around (Luck or skill and luck?), got it elected in 2024.

If he'd managed to improve the country as much as he did the labour party he'd be a 10+ year PM.

Report Cider June 22, 2026 3:16 PM BST
Corbyn would have won easily in 2024. Notoriously, Corbyn secured more votes in a general election than Starmer did. Hardly pulling up trees is it, 2024 was all about the Tories and pushing them out. It wasn't a positive vote and broadcasters gave Starmer a free ride.
Report Escapee June 22, 2026 3:26 PM BST

Corbyn secured more votes in a general election than Starmer did.


A meaningless metric given that it was of no tangible benefit to him and he actually handed Boris a huge
win.


His statement: "I have no opinion on Brexit", totally, utterly, completely destroyed the labour party's electability.

Report Cider June 22, 2026 3:38 PM BST
It's specifically meaningful, as you are claiming he 'destroyed the Labour party'. Yet got more votes than someone who subsequently won a landslide with fewer votes.

Starmer lucked out and the Tories destroyed themselves. It didn't help long term, as everyone discovered pretty quickly he is a dreadful, incapable leader.

We can expect the king of the north to be similarly exposed. There is a benefit with Burnham, as he is already a proven failure.
Report MrStrawMan June 22, 2026 4:09 PM BST
One talentless puppet to be replaced by another talentless puppet .
Report Cider June 22, 2026 4:14 PM BST
Starmer bottled going into the HoC, sent in Mastermind to report back from the G7 instead (he wasn't there)
Report Cider June 22, 2026 4:15 PM BST
he is a dreadful, incapable leader.
Report MrStrawMan June 22, 2026 4:23 PM BST
Should for once in his life shown some backbone and called a general election , should have been a no brainer
Report Cider June 22, 2026 4:26 PM BST
I'm pretty sure it requires a vote in parliament. Labour MPs aren't that stupid.
Report Cider June 22, 2026 4:28 PM BST
If my mind isn't playing tricks, for the Brexit election it took the Liberals to vote for an election. Daft as it was.
Report MrStrawMan June 22, 2026 4:40 PM BST
He could have called a general election , it was changed a couple of years ago .
Report PorcupineorPineapple June 22, 2026 4:46 PM BST
What's in it for Burnham or Labour to call one?
Report MrStrawMan June 22, 2026 4:59 PM BST
For Starmer to have called one , even if they lost he would be in the same position as resigning with the benefit of burnham not being pm or mayor , i bet a lot in his position would have called one .
Report Cider June 22, 2026 5:00 PM BST
Obviously he has absolutely no mandate to lead the country. It won't stop him, and the sycophantic meeja will be facilitating it.

This must actually be an unprecedented scenario. How long will the emperor retain his clothes.
Report PorcupineorPineapple June 22, 2026 5:04 PM BST
He does have a mandate though. Labour won the election, not Starmer. This isn't America.


And to be able to call this unprecedented is a bit weird when we've had Brown, May, Truss and Sunak all come in mid-term. Johnson too for that.


Do you even know what the word unprecedented means?
Report Cider June 22, 2026 5:09 PM BST
Please do tell me when the last prime minister was anointed without even being a MP the previous month.
Report mesmerised June 22, 2026 5:09 PM BST
Why would he possibly call an election now?

He'd want to spend the next 2-3 years re-building and regathering Labour, helping to restore trust and confidence in the party, letting the country get to know him, what he stands for and his policies, i.e building momentum going into nationwide vote, whilst at the same time chipping away, dampening down and picking holes in the popularity Reform have managed to build in recent years thanks to the collapse of the two-party system, hysteria of small boats crossing the channel plus the fallouts of Brexit and Covid.

Calling a General Election at this moment in time when they're in a position of weakness, is Turkey's voting for Xmas stuff.

Kind Regards.
Report Cider June 22, 2026 5:11 PM BST
Or even in parliament.

No fooker even knows what his plans are. I suppose it avoids u turns at least.
Report mesmerised June 22, 2026 5:11 PM BST
Burnham that is, when he takes over.

Kier would not call an election, because he's still a Labour man, and knows there's a good chance they'd be pummeled at the ballot box.
Report Cider June 22, 2026 5:13 PM BST
No fukkker even knows what his plans are. At least there are fewer chances of u turns I suppose!

If he follows Starmer's manifesto, what's the point.
Report SirNorbertClarke June 22, 2026 5:22 PM BST

What's in it for Burnham or Labour to call one?


If Burnham wants to seriously deviate from Labour's 2024 manifesto then he should obtain a mandate.

Would people vote for a politician who didn't want an enquiry into the grooming gangs? I think not.

Report PorcupineorPineapple June 22, 2026 5:36 PM BST

Jun 22, 2026 -- 5:09PM, Cider wrote:


Please do tell me when the last prime minister was anointed without even being a MP the previous month.


ah ok.


But you only vote for your MP if you're in their constituency. And they did. What he was doing 10 minutes, months or years before doesn't matter. The country voted for Labour and it's MP's decide on the leader. That's how it's always worked and how it's working now.

Report PorcupineorPineapple June 22, 2026 5:38 PM BST

Jun 22, 2026 -- 5:09PM, mesmerised wrote:


Why would he possibly call an election now?He'd want to spend the next 2-3 years re-building and regathering Labour, helping to restore trust and confidence in the party, letting the country get to know him, what he stands for and his policies, i.e building momentum going into nationwide vote, whilst at the same time chipping away, dampening down and picking holes in the popularity Reform have managed to build in recent years thanks to the collapse of the two-party system, hysteria of small boats crossing the channel plus the fallouts of Brexit and Covid.Calling a General Election at this moment in time when they're in a position of weakness, is Turkey's voting for Xmas stuff.Kind Regards.


Much as with Johnson, the only reason to call an early election is the belief that you'll win a big majority and extend your term. You don't do it while it's up in the air. If Farage leaves Reform (and I've backed him to do so) I could see him calling one then, but not really before.

Report Cider June 22, 2026 5:45 PM BST

Jun 22, 2026 -- 5:36PM, PorcupineorPineapple wrote:


Jun 22, 2026 --  5:09PM, Cider wrote:Please do tell me when the last prime minister was anointed without even being a MP the previous month.ah ok.But you only vote for your MP if you're in their constituency. And they did. What he was doing 10 minutes, months or years before doesn't matter. The country voted for Labour and it's MP's decide on the leader. That's how it's always worked and how it's working now.


obviously it can  be done, doesn't mean it should. the question is why he doesn't have a mandate, I explained why. I didn't say he couldn't be made pm for three years. I am saying he shouldn't.

It's on Labour MPs, many of whom have fallen for the cult of Burnham, with no idea what specific policies he will implement. It goes without saying that the liberalist media have also fallen for the cult.

I'm here for the popcorn (salty variety)

Report Cider June 22, 2026 5:46 PM BST
seduced is a better verb.
Report PorcupineorPineapple June 22, 2026 5:51 PM BST
MP's only have mandates from their constituents.


Parties have it from the country. Labour have that. It hasn't changed.
Report Cider June 22, 2026 6:01 PM BST
I'm not referencing some kind of formal mandate. It's not a legitimate one. 

The country has never had a political leader that hasn't put forward their policies for government.

Labour trying to can cancel elections they were going to lose was a new low, now at least it looks like they will beat that one.

It might be that with Burnham, we'll see fresh new lows. Unfortunately, we're all in the dark!
Report Escapee June 22, 2026 6:15 PM BST

Labour trying to can cancel elections they were going to lose was a new low


Boris proroguing parliament is the new low, not happened in 3 or 4 hundred years AFAIK.

Report Cider June 22, 2026 6:22 PM BST
It was in the gift of the pm (until the supreme court created a new law on the hoof)
Report PorcupineorPineapple June 22, 2026 7:18 PM BST
But it still is legitimate. We do not elect Prime Ministers in this country. We elect parties, and those parties decide on their leaders. Twas ever thus.
Report Stringvest June 22, 2026 7:22 PM BST
RENT BOYZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZLaughLaughLaughLaughLaughLaugh
Report tanglefoot June 22, 2026 7:23 PM BST
Biggest Starmer failure,when he won the election and then asked Sue Grey for the plan,and she commented “what plan” Excited
Report the old nanny ;-) June 23, 2026 12:38 AM BST
Report SirNorbertClarke June 23, 2026 9:42 AM BST
LaughLaughLaughLaughLaugh
Report the old nanny ;-) June 23, 2026 4:30 PM BST
HOLD ALL BETS
Report saddo June 24, 2026 9:34 AM BST
Just seen a clip of Beth Rigby in downing street, nauseating stuff.
Report tanglefoot June 24, 2026 10:40 AM BST
Starmer says he was going to “Smash The Gangs” instead they smashed him.
Report alun2005 June 24, 2026 11:04 AM BST
For a man who boasted that the Labour Party he created out of the Corbyn disaster was patriotic, "standing proudly with, not against, our national flag", it's very surprising that he hasn't said a peep or even scolded councils actively committed to tearing down our national flags - especially at the time of the World Cop.

Surely he wasn't just having us on and spouting a load of bu**$h!t for idiot journalists to swoon over?
Report the old nanny ;-) June 24, 2026 5:17 PM BST
A pathetic shambles this Morning trying to crack Jokes in the House ,unbelievable tbh
Post Your Reply
<CTRL+Enter> to submit
Please login to post a reply.

Wonder

Instance ID: 13539
www.betfair.com