sidcow Posted May 5 VT Supporter Share Posted May 5 Just seen an interview with Richard Parker. Very softly spoken, reserved. He's definitely not going to be box office. Expect to see more and more of Burnham when local Mayoral issues are covered on the tellybox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted May 5 VT Supporter Share Posted May 5 (edited) 4 minutes ago, sidcow said: Just seen an interview with Richard Parker. Very softly spoken, reserved. He's definitely not going to be box office. Expect to see more and more of Burnham when local Mayoral issues are covered on the tellybox. That would happen regardless. It's Manchester isn't it? The mayor of Manchester will always get more coverage than the Midlands mayor. Edited May 5 by Lichfield Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blandy Posted May 5 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted May 5 12 hours ago, tinker said: Gonna get messy, he doesn't live in Birmingham apparently, lives in Barnt green Worcestershire. Has an address in Birmingham but his neighbours have never seen him. So? He’s west midland’s mayor, not Birmingham mayor. Why does it matter? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 5 Moderator Share Posted May 5 22 minutes ago, sidcow said: Just seen an interview with Richard Parker. Very softly spoken, reserved. He's definitely not going to be box office. Expect to see more and more of Burnham when local Mayoral issues are covered on the tellybox. Local Mayoral issues are just that. The Manchester and West Mids mayoral roles aren’t exact replicas of each other. There’s no PCC in Manchester because the Mayor has that role for example. Burnham will get more publicity because his role is far more wide ranging. I don’t know about West Mids responsibility for Clean Air Zones but in Meseryside that is retained by the local authorities and not the Metro Mayor, in Manchester they are Burnham’s responsibility. I suspect the West Mids is the same as Merseyside. That whole issue is a complete mess. Think about it, one charge for the whole of GM, six different charges for Merseyside, and how ever many charges for the West Mids. The blame for that lies with the individual local authorities that didn’t pass those responsibilities on in the negotiations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 5 Moderator Share Posted May 5 5 minutes ago, blandy said: So? He’s west midland’s mayor, not Birmingham mayor. Why does it matter? Worcestershire isn’t in the mayoral region and the rules are that the Mayor must have lived in he region prior to the election I think. But if he has a residence in Birmingham that should be ok anyway. I've had neighbours in the flat opposite ours since January that I’ve never seen. I’ve certainly never knowingly seen over 50% of the people that live in my road. Neighbours word of mouth is not evidence of anything. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 15 hours ago, Seat68 said: Tory tears are my mothers milk. **** them, **** Reform and all of their supporters. Come on West Midlands, do the right thing. I liked street, the new guy is gonna be a Labour bot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 5 Administrator Share Posted May 5 17 minutes ago, Jareth said: I liked street, the new guy is gonna be a Labour bot How do you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted May 5 VT Supporter Share Posted May 5 (edited) 1 hour ago, blandy said: So? He’s west midland’s mayor, not Birmingham mayor. Why does it matter? Doesn't matter to me Labour mayoral candidate reported to police over alleged electoral law breach Tory MP alleges Richard Parker manipulated residency rules to become eligible for West Midlands contest taking place on Thursday https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/01/richard-parker-west-midlands-mayoral-election-police/ Edited May 5 by tinker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy7211 Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 1 hour ago, Jareth said: I liked street, the new guy is gonna be a Labour bot Just like Labour bots Andy Burnham, Steve Rotherham, and Sadiq Khan? Let's see what happens first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 3 hours ago, limpid said: How do you know? All new Labour elected politicians have signed up to the starmer mantra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 5 Moderator Share Posted May 5 26 minutes ago, Jareth said: All new Labour elected politicians have signed up to the starmer mantra. Do you have a copy of it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 29 minutes ago, bickster said: Do you have a copy of it? Have you left your senses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 5 Administrator Share Posted May 5 6 minutes ago, Jareth said: Have you left your senses? I guess that's a "no". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 7 minutes ago, limpid said: I guess that's a "no". So.You honestly think, that Labour who have purged anyone and anything that could lose them an election, are happy to have anyone with the slightest individuality, you haven't been paying attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 5 Moderator Share Posted May 5 6 minutes ago, Jareth said: So.You honestly think, that Labour who have purged anyone and anything that could lose them an election, are happy to have anyone with the slightest individuality, you haven't been paying attention. Only yesterday, the Labour Party were happy to put Jess Phillips up as their spokesbod at the count in Birmingham for the BBC In case you didn’t know, Jess Phillips resigned (again) from the Shadow Cabinet over Gaza, yet Labour were happy for her to speak on their behalf As far as I'm aware, Starmer only got rid of people who had absolutely no place in the Labour Party in the first place, the cranks and the tankies, the trots and the like. They were mainly members and organisers of proscribed organisations. if by getting rid of them you mean he made them electable, then yes he did. If you want to see what a political party with a really broad church actually looks like, then have a look at the Tories and the SNP. But the no dissent at all bit? No I really don’t think that is true. There’s plenty of evidence to the contrary, as others have pointed out, Burnham, Rotherham, Khan… even as far back as October 25% of the MPs had publicly called for a Gaza ceasefire, yet they haven’t been deselected or removed from the party I also presume being as this is the Labour Party that Richard Parker went through a democratic selection process amongst the membership Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 8 minutes ago, bickster said: Only yesterday, the Labour Party were happy to put Jess Phillips up as their spokesbod at the count in Birmingham for the BBC In case you didn’t know, Jess Phillips resigned (again) from the Shadow Cabinet over Gaza, yet Labour were happy for her to speak on their behalf As far as I'm aware, Starmer only got rid of people who had absolutely no place in the Labour Party in the first place, the cranks and the tankies, the trots and the like. They were mainly members and organisers of proscribed organisations. if by getting rid of them you mean he made them electable, then yes he did. If you want to see what a political party with a really broad church actually looks like, then have a look at the Tories and the SNP. But the no dissent at all bit? No I really don’t think that is true. There’s plenty of evidence to the contrary, as others have pointed out, Burnham, Rotherham, Khan… even as far back as October 25% of the MPs had publicly called for a Gaza ceasefire, yet they haven’t been deselected or removed from the party I also presume being as this is the Labour Party that Richard Parker went through a democratic selection process amongst the membership Jess philips is your example of a free thinking antagonistic MP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 5 Moderator Share Posted May 5 2 minutes ago, Jareth said: Jess philips is your example of a free thinking antagonistic MP? She probably holds the world record for resigning on principal, who mentioned antagonistic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 1 minute ago, bickster said: She probably holds the world record for resigning on principal, who mentioned antagonistic? Did you ever see her leadership video? And yes antagonistic- the original point was about Starmer bots - do you think she's gonna piss him off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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limpid Posted May 5 Administrator Share Posted May 5 45 minutes ago, Jareth said: So.You honestly think, that Labour who have purged anyone and anything that could lose them an election, are happy to have anyone with the slightest individuality, you haven't been paying attention. We aren't talking about what I think. As we run up to a general election, I don't expect to hear much from any politician, regardless of party, which goes against their party line. However, It's impossible to predict what this mayor will be like before he's even started the job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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