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He praises May quite openly over Hillsborough, sort of fudges his answer on Qatari ownership of United too. I think it's possibly a subject he can't say much on given he's an Evertonian and more importantly going for a third term up here.
Some good stuff on Labour and Londoncentrism etc. for the politicos to get into too. Most shocking is his praise for Gove.
Andy Burnham interview on a wide range of things on 17:13 - Jul 29 by RKD
Really hope to see him in charge of the country at some point in the next ten years.
He'd be an excellent successor to Starmer as I've been saying for years. I've had him turn up announced to a conference once and he was both impressive and normal.
Not sure I always agree with him, but he is the sort of person who can manage a broad appeal and perhaps learnt from his mistakes, if you take on what he says there as genuine.
I'm no fan of Gove after his stint in Education, but he does seem to be doing some decent things in Housing, mainly about making sure landlords provide decent quality accomodation for tenants.
Andy Burnham interview on a wide range of things on 17:50 - Jul 29 by Mullet
He'd be an excellent successor to Starmer as I've been saying for years. I've had him turn up announced to a conference once and he was both impressive and normal.
Not sure I always agree with him, but he is the sort of person who can manage a broad appeal and perhaps learnt from his mistakes, if you take on what he says there as genuine.
I did vote for him as leader of the Labour Party in 2015, and think given the way things are in the Labour Party, he's the best hope there is for at least a little bit more radicalism.
I might add that I saw him once during the hustings in 2015 and certainly felt he had an aura about him when he came on stage.
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Andy Burnham interview on a wide range of things on 17:51 - Jul 29 by Guthrum
I'm no fan of Gove after his stint in Education, but he does seem to be doing some decent things in Housing, mainly about making sure landlords provide decent quality accomodation for tenants.
I can't say I particularly like Gove who tries to be too clever by half.
He was taken to the cleaners by Kieran Jenkins on Channel 4 during the last election.
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Andy Burnham interview on a wide range of things on 17:50 - Jul 29 by Mullet
He'd be an excellent successor to Starmer as I've been saying for years. I've had him turn up announced to a conference once and he was both impressive and normal.
Not sure I always agree with him, but he is the sort of person who can manage a broad appeal and perhaps learnt from his mistakes, if you take on what he says there as genuine.
My favourite politician by far. Should have been made leader of the Labour Party years ago.
Andy Burnham interview on a wide range of things on 18:17 - Jul 29 by GlasgowBlue
It was an interesting listen. Also spoke highly of a Michael Gove.
Edit. Missed your mention of Gove.
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Burnham vs Gove as party leaders would be a welcome improvement on the national political scene. They both seem to have a modicum of integrity, although I'm not naive enough to believe that would necessarily be persistent.
I'm sure there'll be a pile of 'what abouts' coming too... ...and I won't be at all surprised to discover that I've forgotten a lot of (particularly Gove's) misdemeanours.
I seem to remember I went right off the superficially green Gove for some reason at the last Tory mash up.
Andy Burnham interview on a wide range of things on 19:13 - Jul 29 by NthQldITFC
Burnham vs Gove as party leaders would be a welcome improvement on the national political scene. They both seem to have a modicum of integrity, although I'm not naive enough to believe that would necessarily be persistent.
I'm sure there'll be a pile of 'what abouts' coming too... ...and I won't be at all surprised to discover that I've forgotten a lot of (particularly Gove's) misdemeanours.
I seem to remember I went right off the superficially green Gove for some reason at the last Tory mash up.
I think he might scare off some middle grounders.
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Andy Burnham interview on a wide range of things on 19:45 - Jul 29 with 1721 views
Andy Burnham interview on a wide range of things on 19:13 - Jul 29 by NthQldITFC
Burnham vs Gove as party leaders would be a welcome improvement on the national political scene. They both seem to have a modicum of integrity, although I'm not naive enough to believe that would necessarily be persistent.
I'm sure there'll be a pile of 'what abouts' coming too... ...and I won't be at all surprised to discover that I've forgotten a lot of (particularly Gove's) misdemeanours.
I seem to remember I went right off the superficially green Gove for some reason at the last Tory mash up.
This aspect of the Vote Leave campaign was perhaps not one of Gove's finest hours, given his very prominent role in Vote Leave.
Andy Burnham interview on a wide range of things on 19:13 - Jul 29 by NthQldITFC
Burnham vs Gove as party leaders would be a welcome improvement on the national political scene. They both seem to have a modicum of integrity, although I'm not naive enough to believe that would necessarily be persistent.
I'm sure there'll be a pile of 'what abouts' coming too... ...and I won't be at all surprised to discover that I've forgotten a lot of (particularly Gove's) misdemeanours.
I seem to remember I went right off the superficially green Gove for some reason at the last Tory mash up.
No doubt Gove is a tricky pick, but at least he's bright. Think you're bang on in your preferred leaders. There has been talk of Starmer as a bit of battering ram to be replaced after a win too, innit.
Has anyone ever looked at their own postings for last day or so? Oh my... so sorry. Was Ullaa
And don't forget he has been a Cabinet member for most of the last 13 years.
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The fact that Gove has been a cabinet member is more a judgement more on the competence and decency of the people around him, rather a reference on his own competence and decency, let's not muck about here.
Gove is a Weasel who occasionally looks less weaselly than those around him. Lest we forget, there was a brief period in 2016 where he made Boris Johnson look vaguely principled.
I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
Although I like him and can see why he is popular with many.....He'd only ever become PM now when the Tories are at their lowest point .. well slightly higher than their lowest or if Labour are already in and Keir is replaced. He is not beige.new labour enough to get in any other time....ok he's not Corbyn but he would scare off too many that would see him as some Deggsy Hatton/Sadiq Khan hybrid to make him fail in the Shires where the beige one wouldn't.
Andy Burnham interview on a wide range of things on 01:53 - Jul 30 by BlueBadger
The fact that Gove has been a cabinet member is more a judgement more on the competence and decency of the people around him, rather a reference on his own competence and decency, let's not muck about here.
Gove is a Weasel who occasionally looks less weaselly than those around him. Lest we forget, there was a brief period in 2016 where he made Boris Johnson look vaguely principled.
Sorry, my comment wasn't meant as an endorsement of Gove, rather that with his longevity as a Cabinet Minister, and key role in Brexit, he is as responsible as anyone for the state the country is in.
For the future, I think he should just stick to the dancing.
One thing he did get right though was this.
In March 2014, he described the concentration of Old Etonians at the top of the Conservative coalition as "ridiculous. I don't know where you can find a similar situation in any other developed economy."
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Andy Burnham interview on a wide range of things on 07:10 - Jul 30 by Perublue
Although I like him and can see why he is popular with many.....He'd only ever become PM now when the Tories are at their lowest point .. well slightly higher than their lowest or if Labour are already in and Keir is replaced. He is not beige.new labour enough to get in any other time....ok he's not Corbyn but he would scare off too many that would see him as some Deggsy Hatton/Sadiq Khan hybrid to make him fail in the Shires where the beige one wouldn't.
That's certainly the view of those currently (and probably now forever) in control of the Labour Party.
The bizarre thing is that localism is one of the policies that Labour is very keen to promote (see the link below), but they don't appear to like it actually happening in practice given its reaction to people like Khan, Burnham and Driscoll.
Andy Burnham interview on a wide range of things on 17:51 - Jul 29 by Guthrum
I'm no fan of Gove after his stint in Education, but he does seem to be doing some decent things in Housing, mainly about making sure landlords provide decent quality accomodation for tenants.
Perhaps it's telling that AB only praises those who he worked with directly, and it's in the context of comparison with the last three PMs during his time as mayor.
There's no doubt he's an excellent politician in that he seems to survive everything, like a cockroach.
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...and I won't be at all surprised to discover that I've forgotten a lot of (particularly Gove's) misdemeanours. 
