I’m afraid I haven’t but I’m a cynic and think the way he manouvered into power was appalling … but … time will tell.
He may prove me wrong and be a fantastic PM.
He doesn’t need to be fantastic just halfway decent would do.
Andy Burnham has promised to bring back Hope, that’s all well and good but what’s he doing about Faith and Charity 
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Wasn’t he manoeuvred by others due to a lack of options. And he, being a popular and successful mayor of Manchester with Westminster experience, was offered the job. I think he can do it.
I don’t think he can be described as being a “successful Mayor” when he left Manchester £1.34bn in debt, up from £964m when he took office
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Oh I hadn’t heard about that. So a rubbish mayor and popular with it.
I concede he must have done some good … he seemed to be popular.
He reminds me of an overgrown boy scout, he’s so earnest looking … which is better than the usual dodgy secondhand car salesman.
It’s all about having a good PR man/woman in your corner.
It’s they who interface with the media.
The governments of the UK have made some appalling mistakes since Margaret Thatcher and the country has descended into the worst condition it has ever been in.
It’s going to take more than one man or party to dig us out.
I don’t believe that it can be done in the 5 year term of office currently allowed.
Unless someone firm and fearless making hard decisions comes along we are a lost cause.
Reform might be our last chance.
That is why, no teamwork has ever figured for me, its all staged
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Hi OGF
I often press the button to like your posts and so do many others.
I respect you but in no way do I always agree with you.
My likes are genuine, not staged.
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I don’t do likes per se Swimmy, actions speak louder than clicks
Kemi reckons Andy is going to take us back to the 1970s, you know, I’m starting to like this guy
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Nevermind the Bolox, Disco fever, Brut, Yorkie bars …
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That’s what folks want!!! just with a bit more personal wealth than what was about back then 
It’s folks wanting a bit more personal wealth that has got us into this mess.
And it’s usually those who have already got it.
The gap between rich and poor is widening as we speak.
There is going to be trouble, if not already.
Crime can solve a lot of poor peoples problems.
Strewth, we are going to agree again.
Back in the 70’s there were many problems but there were also some stuff that was working. As you note, the gap between the very rich and everyone else was much smaller. Even the difference between the big boss’ pay and their average worker pay was not as great as it is now. And that was when the tax demand from the big boss’ pay was much higher.
On top of that, social mobility was at its highest - higher than before and higher than since. Now, unless you are born into money then it is very unlikely that you will go on to achieve money. The money earning professions are now pretty much closed shops - only accessible to friends and relatives of those already in those professions. And if you are seriously wealthy then you get to keep your serious wealth with only notional taxation. Serious money earns 6-7% (or more) from investments such as shares, property, etc. Ordinary earners can barely get through the month so investments are out of the question.
Which leads to affordability. Many could afford to buy a house in their twenties. Even in what are now crazily expensive places.
There have been a lot of doubtful policies and decisions in the decades since the 70’s that have not benefited the majority of people.
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I was going to click ‘like’ on that post but I’m not now.
Why Morty? What was wrong with the seventies?
I came out of my apprenticeship and got a good well paid job as a skilled man.
I also got married, bought a new house (bungalow) and sired a beautiful baby daughter and in 1980 went to Spain on my first foreign holiday…
Arguably my most successful decade.
Its just so easy to get the wrong end of a stick 
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Anyway, let the man rest, he has had to tangle with his roots.