Andy Burnham | Manchester Mayor

Blackley_Blue said:
His position surely can't be tenable if he does lose though?

He was willing to drop GM like a stone to fulfil his own ambitions... Then he's expecting to waltz back in as if nothing has happened and have the support of the people he should be representing?

Can't see it myself.
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That's how I see it. You cannot say I am fully commited to the people of Manchester and then apply for another job.
 
MouldensChippy said:
Too right I don't like Burnham, he would have cost the working and poorer people of GM a fortune with his scheme.,

Burnham is a charlatan, same as Farage, same as Boris, all bullshit and failure.

It's a shame you can't see past the colour of his rosette ?

Ask how his homeless promises are doing after he'd spent other peoples cash for his own publicity ?
Ask how many affordable homes his taxpayer loans to his preferred developer delivered ?
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Fastest growing regional economy in the UK
 
Bill Walker said:
I've heard a lot about this guy even though I'm 12000 miles away and I know little about UK politics. But I believe he was a good mayor.
Did he sort out picadilly gardens as mayor of Manchester? Was that in his remit?
I still have a soft spot for the gardens as I lost my virginity there on a bench at about 4am after a night at the magic village.
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No he hasn’t it is bloody awful and still retains a large portion of that awful surrounding concrete wall.
 
Blue Mist said:
I dont know if you are aware of Britain's blue plaque. They stick it on the wall of John Lennons house or similar so tourists can spot it and gaup at it.

You have one on a bench in Piccadilly Gardens.
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You will not see it because a vagrant is using it as his home.
 
" It strikes me that Andy Burnham IS Bottom the Weaver. Mayor of Manchester? PM? Personal Saviour? ‘If I do it, let the audience look to their eyes’. He is, or appears to be, genuinely amiable, like Bottom, but utterly unaware of his own absurdity - like Bottom. And boundlessly conceited, like Bottom."

Guess who?
 
Vic said:
They're more reliable, passenger numbers are up, and fares are still £2 compared to the £3 national max fare.
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Still way too much. 2 quid is $4. ...50cents here. That's 25pence. And drivers are on $33 an hour.
It can be done with the will to do it. Buses are now pretty full.

It seems weird that the residents of Makerfield are voting for the next prime Minister which seems crazy.
Flaw in the system ?
 
Bill Walker said:
Still way too much. 2 quid is $4. ...50cents here. That's 25pence. And drivers are on $33 an hour.
It can be done with the will to do it. Buses are now pretty full.

It seems weird that the residents of Makerfield are voting for the next prime Minister which seems crazy.
Flaw in the system ?
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It’s usually members of the Tory party voting for a PM so it’s a bit more democratic…
 
Bill Walker said:
I've heard a lot about this guy even though I'm 12000 miles away and I know little about UK politics. But I believe he was a good mayor.
Did he sort out picadilly gardens as mayor of Manchester? Was that in his remit?
I still have a soft spot for the gardens as I lost my virginity there on a bench at about 4am after a night at the magic village.
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Not in his remit. It’s the responsibility of Manchester City Council. Burnham is mayor of Greater Manchester.
 
Might have been said before, but worth repeating, a lot of what Burnham gets the credit for was built on foundations laid by Leese and Bernstein. The devolution framework, the regeneration momentum, the transport, the groundwork was already in place.
 
Snape said:
Might have been said before, but worth repeating, a lot of what Burnham gets the credit for was built on foundations laid by Leese and Bernstein. The devolution framework, the regeneration momentum, the transport, the groundwork was already in place.
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Different job, he isn't Manchester Major, and Leese and Bernstein didn't oversea the Police, Fire Service Transport Authority.

There was no devolution until the GMCA, and for years it was limited HILF, and it is funding rather than powers.

MCC and the GMCA only have a very small overlap.
 
Corky said:
Different job, he isn't Manchester Major, and Leese and Bernstein didn't oversea the Police, Fire Service Transport Authority.

There was no devolution until the GMCA, and for years it was limited HILF, and it is funding rather than powers.

MCC and the GMCA only have a very small overlap.
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Bernstein and Leese spent years cultivating relationships with Whitehall and making the political and economic case for GM as a credible partner for devolution. The deal didn't land by accident it was the product of sustained lobbying. I believe GMCA was established in 2011 before Burnham arrived and Leese was a central figure in it.
 
Snape said:
Bernstein and Leese spent years cultivating relationships with Whitehall and making the political and economic case for GM as a credible partner for devolution. The deal didn't land by accident it was the product of sustained lobbying. I believe GMCA was established in 2011 before Burnham arrived and Leese was a central figure in it.
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It was really AGMA before the GMCA it wasn't MCC, it was all ten.

You need to be a mayoral authority to get devolved funding and there are loads of others in the country. There was regen monies before that like Pathfinder 20 years ago, Oldham/Rochdale did it first before the Manchester/Salford one and it was nothing to do with MCC.
 
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