Andy

Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 11:37 UTC

It’s almost as if the car-brain vote isn’t big enough a wedge issue?

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 08:25 UTC

I’d forgotten what a belter Girl From Mars is

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 07:39 UTC

“hat twat George Galloway wimped out of his own count in Rochdale, presumably out of fatigability.” 😂

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 07:32 UTC

“Siri, in (app) do this” “I don’t see an app for that, you’ll have to download one” *It’s on the actual home screen* Grrr

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 07:15 UTC

😂
They’re not going to see what I think on here, and in any case if ‘97 was any guide we’ve got at least a decade of them ripping each other to bits like cats in a sack to enjoy first.

Now the grown ups are in charge please can we have #SureStart back?

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:50 UTC

To paraphrase David Oliver, given that 1:3 of us are likely to end up needing social care we really need to improve the standard.

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:49 UTC

Yes, and one of the consequences of Brexit has been replacing EU migration with non-EU migration in the care sector (and if you’re travelling halfway round the world you’re less likely to want to go without your family).

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:40 UTC

(You can’t fix waiting lists if all the elective bed stock is full of people who can’t leave hospital as they’re waiting for social care packages)

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:39 UTC

The elephant in the room remains social care - no government has come up with a proper plan for that. Ironically the ‘dementia tax’ was an attempt to do something bold to fix it but it was electoral Kryptonite.

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:23 UTC

To be fair to the last two, I think they were willing to talk, problem was a lack of power to actually follow through. Rumour had it Barclay, for all his faults, had an agreement with the BMA that Sunak then vetoed as he didn’t want to set a precedent for public sector pay awards.

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:09 UTC

He definitely feels like the right chap. After so many awful MPs (including the likes of Danzcuk and Clarkson*), Rochdale, Heywood & Middleton deserve better. *laughed quite hard that he jumped to a safe seat which he then lost in the LD surge

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:59 UTC

I know, it’s terrible. I’m no fan of the Rochdale Labour party but I’m hopeful Paul Waugh will be good, and really he should have been the candidate in the by-election.

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:57 UTC

The main condition to end the strikes is going to be money (and we’ve not seen the DDRB proposals for this year yet), and I think he’s ruled that out. Bigger issue is the plan to reduce waiting lists involves doing overtime, which people are already doing lots of to keep the service afloat.

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:46 UTC

Being roundly loathed by the NHS front line before he’s actually taken office as SoS is a really good trick.

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:43 UTC

Yes, and Streeting.

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:36 UTC

They’ll have to learn if they ever want to be electable again.

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:22 UTC

Surely the lesson is that chasing the Reform vote just drives voters into the arms of the LDs, Lab and (to a lesser extent) Greens?

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:16 UTC

Feels very like the Palace of Westminster where we’ve got important functions of state in totally unsuitable buildings because Tradition. Still can’t see SKS moving his family in there?

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:03 UTC

The Labour front bench is full of serious, competent politicians. And Wes Streeting. The SoS for Health is often despised by the NHS front line, but achieving that before he’s even taken office is remarkable skills.

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:00 UTC

I think that’s about the only thing it’s got going for it. There was a really good #OriginStory about it @iandunt.bsky.social

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 17:59 UTC

Aye, did you hear the #OriginStory about it? Sounded all round dreadful and really the seat of the executive should move somewhere more suitable

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Andy @andydrummond.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 17:45 UTC

I wonder if Starmer will actually live in No. 10? I mean, it’s not a great house (or office) and if I already had a nice house in London and I was PM…

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