Andy Burnham

Blue Mist said:
You are not factoring in his staffs wages/pensions, office hire/purchase, office costs, vehicles. The whole thing is an expensive circus and we are the ones paying for it. I find it strange that we could vote for a mayor from a number of candidates but he can chose his friends to run important roles, it is a bit like FCUM who appointed their mates to run the club, look how that turned out.
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No because he was focusing specifically on Burnham's salary.

Including all office costs, staff wages, vehicles, etc it raises it to a massive £760,000.

Between 1.2 million homes, that's what, about 70p per household per year?
 
waste of money on a mayor no one really voted for. the homeless issue he said he would sort out is getting worse aswell. I'm not actually sure he even has any real power as it is.
 
Damocles said:
No because he was focusing specifically on Burnham's salary.

Including all office costs, staff wages, vehicles, etc it raises it to a massive £760,000.

Between 1.2 million homes, that's what, about 70p per household per year?
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That £760,000 wasn't needed before he arrived, Greater Manchester seemed to be doing very well without him and his lackeys. I wonder what is happening to all the rest of the money, I wonder what it is being wasted on. Oh wait transport and housing.......................right.
 
Didn’t he cry and stamp his feet cos it was so unfair when City beat Everton in the League cup s/f?
 
give & go said:
heard his brothers fencing company did pretty well out of the " booze way"
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I find this somewhat hard to believe given that his brother, Nick, doesn't have a fencing company and instead is a schoolteacher. Well actually he's now the Principal of Cardinal Newman College, a Roman Catholic Sixth Form school in Preston but you get the idea.
 
Damocles said:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...ter-news/how-andy-burnhams-first-100-13486123
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Thanks for that. Bit out of date now, but interesting.

He's certainly turned into a career politician - which surprised me at first, because he didn't seem at all politically ambitious when I worked with him, we just chatted shit about football most of the time - and it's true he hitched onto Blair, but anyone with ambitions in Labour politics did back then, but he wasn't a Blairite like Purnell was. Purnell worked for Blair for years before he even became leader of the Labour party. Burnham came from more of the soft left, Kinnock ideology.

Seems like a lot of the cynicism is actually directed at the institution of the mayor. Didn't realise it hadn't been voted for. Thought it would be popular. Don't think anyone in London thinks having a London mayor is a bad thing. Gives a city or region a focus. Wish we had one, but unfortunately would probably end up with a Tory.

Unfortunately street homelessness is on the rise everywhere and it's a tough nut to crack once it's taken hold. It's a huge problem here in Brighton and has risen exponentially in the last 6-7 years, but I don't think you can look too far beyond a perfect storm of central government policy and absurd private rental costs/demands as the direct cause.

He's from Warrington. Does that make him a scouser? Thought it was just as much a hinterland of Greater Manchester as Liverpool, but maybe I'm wrong. He's certainly an Evertonian, but at least he isn't a red dipper. Bit unfair of someone to accuse him of jumping on the Hillsborough campaign. He was key to the eventual outcome, and if he does nothing else in politics then that alone is a decent epitaph.

Lol at the brother/fencing rumour.
 
Blue Til Death said:
He's no different than any other modern day, career politician.. All cast form the same mould..!
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This, self entitled. Burnham and his helpers rewrote his wiki page so it the staffs health care cricis that he was health sec didn't reflect badly on him. He's had himself photo shopped into charity awards presentations when he wasn't present. The man is totally vile. Would turn up to the opening of an envelope if he thought it would get him some publicity.
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
This, self entitled. Burnham and his helpers rewrote his wiki page so it the staffs health care cricis that he was health sec didn't reflect badly on him. He's had himself photo shopped into charity awards presentations when he wasn't present. The man is totally vile. Would turn up to the opening of an envelope if he thought it would get him some publicity.
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I feel we are kindred spirits in that we have no time for any of the self serving fuckers.
 
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