General News Thread

[Lionator]

55 minutes ago, Sly said:

The thing is, I don’t think his proposal would get him voted in would it? 
 

I said it under the conservatives before the disastrous Liz Truzz budget, if we are changing path, we should have a general election.

 

It is bloody stupid!  

Well the markets reacted well to his speech so already unlike truss. He’s not looking to tear up the whole system, he’s looking to make sure the system feeds the whole country not just London and the south East, what’s bad about that? 

Edited Monday at 16:50 by Lionator

[Lionator]

3 hours ago, ajthefox said:

Merseyside has had a combined authority for a number of years now. I don't know too much about specifics but it certainly seems like it has been beneficial for the region from a development perspective. It has helped with transport infrastructure across the region that's for sure.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_City_Region_Combined_Authority

I’ve actually lived in both Liverpool RCA and greater Manchester CA, one has been done really well and one hasn’t. Burnham was in charge of the one that has. 

[kenny]

23 minutes ago, Lionator said:

I’ve actually lived in both Liverpool RCA and greater Manchester CA, one has been done really well and one hasn’t. Burnham was in charge of the one that has. 

Also loads better than anything the east midlands has to offer.

 

Chuck in Birmingham and Coventry and it starts to look like the north is just much better than the Midlands in terms of government spend.

[Sampson]

1 hour ago, kenny said:

Be interesting to see the scenario where the home secretary introduces a load of safe and legal routes for refugees and the Reform mayor rejects them as it's in their manifesto. They will all have to go to areas with majority support for immigration.

 

Or the situation where the mayor rejects a national infrastructure project as their constituents have rejected as part of a manifesto.

 

I suspect I these cases, devolution will go to the birds as Farage would say and make a mockery of the system.

I think you're reading too much into this. The mayor's wouldn't have powers on immigration or national infrastructure anymore than those Reform councillors who say they'll close down assylum hotels do. They already say these things in council elections already and make a mockery of the Council election system. That wouldn't change particularly.

 

Edit: for the record, I'm a bit indifferent on devolution too but not for that reason. More for the reason that I just think the natural progression of the market and technology moves people towards a 1 or 2 big city model and that why I understand people get frustrated about seeing smaller cities and towns decline, I think the reality is you're just never going to attract business and young people to these places anymore. Hope I'm wrong and Burnham rejuvenates these places but I think it's just the natural progression of modern society that people and business leave these kind of declining towns to all congregate in London and Manchester

Edited Monday at 17:39 by Sampson

[kenny]

17 minutes ago, Sampson said:

I think you're reading too much into this. The mayor's wouldn't have powers on immigration or national infrastructure anymore than those Reform councillors who say they'll close down assylum hotels do. They already say these things in council elections already and make a mockery of the Council system. That wouldn't change particularly.

 

Edit: for the record, I'm a bit indifferent on devolution too but not for that reason. More for the reason that I just think the natural progression of the market and technology moves people towards a 1 or 2 big city model and that why I understand people get frustrated about seeing smaller cities and towns decline, I think the reality is you're just never going to attract business and young people to places like Leicester or Coventry anymore. Hope I'm wrong and Burnham rejuvenates these places but I think it's just the natural progression of modern society that people and business leave these kind of declining towns - you see the same all over - Japan, Germany, Italy.

Politically, the Midlands is irrelevant. It's nothing to do with our potential or capability.

 

As for devolution, it will give reform an opportunity to blame others for their failure as they do in Scotland and Wales.

[ajthefox]

1 hour ago, Lionator said:

I’ve actually lived in both Liverpool RCA and greater Manchester CA, one has been done really well and one hasn’t. Burnham was in charge of the one that has. 

What makes you say that?

[Nalis]

What a surprise the number 10 of the north would be in Manchester, which every true northerner knows is basically a mini London and no longer the north

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

1 hour ago, Nalis said:

What a surprise the number 10 of the north would be in Manchester, which every true northerner knows is basically a mini London and no longer the north

 

 

 

[davieG]

If true  -  How come the East Midlands and Leicestershire in particular receives the worst government funding

[Wymsey]

5 minutes ago, davieG said:

If true  -  How come the East Midlands and Leicestershire in particular receives the worst government funding

Likely being harshly overlooked, due to central location.

[Trav Le Bleu]

19 minutes ago, davieG said:

If true  -  How come the East Midlands and Leicestershire in particular receives the worst government funding

Well I don't think they're following county boundaries for a start. Parts of Bucks, Oxfordshire, Beds and possibly Berkshire in what they define as East Midlands.

[adam1]

Some poor bugger is in Hospital (A46 head on smash with the stolen van being driven the wrong way) and its of no surprise the scrote has got previous....

[LCFCJohn]

20 minutes ago, adam1 said:

Some poor bugger is in Hospital (A46 head on smash with the stolen van being driven the wrong way) and its of no surprise the scrote has got previous....

Not sure if it applies here but as a general comment on things like this, how is it that serious road incidents involving someone driving like this, so often result in the innocent party coming off so much worse whilst the culprits mostly are able to flee the scene or walk away unharmed. 
 

I wonder if as the innocent party, you are just so unsuspecting and the body takes the impact differently. Or maybe I’m overthinking it and it’s the same rule that applies to cockroaches during an apocalypse….

[adam1]

38 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

Not sure if it applies here but as a general comment on things like this, how is it that serious road incidents involving someone driving like this, so often result in the innocent party coming off so much worse whilst the culprits mostly are able to flee the scene or walk away unharmed. 
 

I wonder if as the innocent party, you are just so unsuspecting and the body takes the impact differently. Or maybe I’m overthinking it and it’s the same rule that applies to cockroaches during an apocalypse….

In this case its a large Mercedes van vs BMW 1 series..

[bovril]

I think Andy Burnham might be from the North West. Not sure though, he needs to confirm this. 

[Lionator]

19 hours ago, ajthefox said:

What makes you say that?

Liverpool’s transport system on paper looks amazing but is functionally appalling (only just got tap on/off trains). All its music venues are shutting down, its crime rate is a lot higher and homelessness is a lot worse there. 

[Lionator]

17 hours ago, Nalis said:

What a surprise the number 10 of the north would be in Manchester, which every true northerner knows is basically a mini London and no longer the north

Manchester is brilliant these days, just expensive sadly (and also provided you avoid Piccadilly gardens). 

[fox_up_north]

2 hours ago, Lionator said:

Manchester is brilliant these days, just expensive sadly (and also provided you avoid Piccadilly gardens). 

As someone who's lived nearby for over half my adult life, I have to disagree.

 

It's lost a LOT of character and charm. Prices have gone up but not the quality to match. 

 

If I was moving somewhere now, it wouldn't be near there. I'd probably do Liverpool. 

[adam1]

2 hours ago, Lionator said:

Manchester is brilliant these days, just expensive sadly (and also provided you avoid Piccadilly gardens). 

Stockport is where its at. Make sure you hit the the pineapple in edgley before the game.

[Corky]

3 hours ago, bovril said:

I think Andy Burnham might be from the North West. Not sure though, he needs to confirm this. 

He will merge Manchester and Liverpool into one megacity.

[Foxdiamond]

Expect people living further north in places like Newcastle consider Manchester not northern enough

[Wymsey]

Anything else with him?..

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8dg3883g7o

 

Edited 16 hours ago by Wymsey

[filthyfox]

4 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Anything else with him?..

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8dg3883g7o

 

If i had disposable income, i would have bought gold to invest.

 

On a slight side note....

That 15 BILLION per year Starmer has just magicked out of his arse tonfund defence is roughly 1/10 the UK's cost of WW1 in TODYA'S money.

 

Just to put into perspective.

[Sampson]

7 hours ago, filthyfox said:

If i had disposable income, i would have bought gold to invest.

 

On a slight side note....

That 15 BILLION per year Starmer has just magicked out of his arse tonfund defence is roughly 1/10 the UK's cost of WW1 in TODYA'S money.

 

Just to put into perspective.

I think you missed the point, he didn't buy gold, he got paid £275',000 for allegedly 12 hours work from a gold bullion company. 

 

Much like the crypto company, paying a politician vast sums of money looks a lot like alleged bribery.  

[Trav Le Bleu]

As global warming increases, it might be essential to move the capital to Manchester.