A lot of it depends on how strong the leader is

and how popular they are nationwide. Blair forced Labour to change because of this. Starmer couldn't. Burnham has more chance than Starmer.

Posted By: jamesward on October 28th 2026 at 18:39:20

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Well the budget virtually confirms a GE early next year (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Oct 28, 15:36:23
- 2027 GE over 2/1 on betfair (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 28, 19:50:38
- You seem delightful (n/m) (General Chat) - TheGrump, Oct 28, 16:15:13
  - He thinks Polanski is actually "evil" (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Oct 28, 16:28:50
    - I do and stand by those comments (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Oct 28, 16:54:28
      - I may be many things, but at least I'm not a neofascist loon (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Oct 28, 20:17:15
        
        ‘Neofascist loon’ (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Oct 28, 21:24:37
        
        You are definitely on tilt.... thats not a sign of great intelligence (General Chat) - usacanary, Oct 28, 20:43:29
        
        i am anonymous to you braniac (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 28, 20:51:16
        
        Two tilts for the price of one..... (General Chat) - usacanary, Oct 28, 22:12:33
      - You convinced me on the 2nd one..... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Oct 28, 18:08:21
- Really? Feels like the last one was only a couple of years ago. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 28, 15:45:13
  - tweaky tweaky, don't upset the horses, keep smiling, get in there quickly (General Chat) - paulg, Oct 28, 15:56:30
    - I don't know what any of this means. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 28, 16:28:34
      - sounds like a rather cynical description of how to push through an agenda without (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 28, 16:32:15
        
        no - the suggestion (JoeyD's) I think, is that you don't do too much (General Chat) - paulg, Oct 28, 16:38:20
        
        i was on the money then (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 28, 16:44:59
- It’s a bit soon to expect Burnham to grapple with benefits tbh (General Chat) - jamesward, Oct 28, 15:39:32
  - I’m not so sure (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Oct 28, 16:59:51
    - well, they didn't last time - doubt that they ever will, until forced by reality (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Oct 28, 17:28:50
      - A lot of it depends on how strong the leader is (General Chat) - jamesward, Oct 28, 18:39:20

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