[davidjay]

What does he think happens in Birmingham?

It gets shafted by the BBC for a start. He forgets little things like that.

[kreuzberger]

"Gather your shawl and clogs, and just look how tattered and battered the rest of the country is, you aspirational bastard."

Goodness me ...

[Tubby Isaacs]

I suppose he might reasonably point out that Birmingham is getting its HS2 link and nowhere in the North is.

[MisterMuncher]

The thing about a bucket of shit is that people remember who spilled it, not who filled it.

It makes perfect sense to me for Burnham, and really anyone in Labour to keep piling the pressure on the Government re: HS2, because it's just such an obvious timebomb it needs to be detonated when it's still in Tory hands.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Don't think anyone disagrees with that. Just think his talking like every not the North is the same is the big irritant with him.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Long thread here on bus deregulation and re-regulation. Key point made that what people expect in Greater Manchester is going to cost a fair bit of new money. Not obvious that it'll be easy for a new Labour Government to provide that. Councils don't have any.

Wouldn't be surprised if Starmer's team have been on to Burnham to tone it down a bit. It's a good policy that'll save some money, but don't get too carried away at this stage.