15th May, 2026: Shaffer and Shaffer.
Right … it’s PAY DAY!
Which means I can buy chocolate: I’ve been craving it for days.
Why … ?
I have no idea … !
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It seems Kier Starmer, the UK’s Prime Minister, is facing problems: after bad results for Labour at this year’s local elections.
Problems that include leadership contender, Wes Streeting, resigning his ministerial post.
And fellow leadership contender, Andy Burnham, in a position to stand as an MP … and therefore challenge the PM as party leader.
I think any challenge is going to take a while.
If for no other reason than Andy Burnham would have to be elected to Parliament, before he could launch a challenge.
I can’t help but vaguely think a few things.
Think that Wes Streeting seems a little too fat, a little too sleek, too untrustworthy, for my tastes.
By contrast?
Andy Burnham has a huge advantage.
He’s presentable … and has a Scouse accent, a Liverpool accent.
In other words, has an accent that sounds honest.
Burnham’s probably no less a lying ragbag than any other politician.
And, frankly?
He’d have little chance of winning an election, if he stood here in Brentwood: Brentwood’s been a safe Tory seat for years, and one that’s likely to elect a Reform MP at the next General Election.
But if I lived in a left leaning constituency?
I’d be happy to vote Burnham.
Purely because he sounds honest …
That’s one hell of an asset.
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