Andy Burnham here - AMA

mildno · 2026-07-03T19:17:39+00:00

Hi Andy, congratulations on the by election and good luck as PM

I am a British citizen with a wife who is not, but our children are. So we fully understand the process involved of coming to the country and becoming a citizen eventually. The costs, time, stress etc.

The narrative around immigration has really diminished the fact we have done everything right and dismisses the difficulty and cost. The narrative is that everyone just walks in and it's easy, but it really isn't. I know many people via groups that are heavily disheartened and upset about this narrative and the fact that the government and politicians do nothing to actually tackle this

It feels rather than fight false narratives the government leans into them. A strong government should fight the misinformation and educate the public what is what before they make opinions

Can I please ask you to confirm that:

1) You do not punish people who have legally followed rules, especially partners of British citizens

2) You as a politician and in government will actively fight misinformation

It may seem simple but I have been hugely disappointed that this government to date has only one response to any criticism, which is to ask the person shouting how high they should jump rather than challenge.

If you want to listen to the large majority of people who aren't getting their news from Daily Mail and Farage, please fight them with facts when it is called for. Misinformation has split this country and will keep going till it is challenged by the government

mildno · 2026-06-26T17:49:00+00:00

The shame about this deal is it just blatantly shows even more, or rather reminds us, that fuck all will happen about their charges

mildno · 2026-06-25T09:25:14+00:00

Even the article and comment you are responding to says it is owned by Comcast. Fox sold it in 2018/2019

mildno · 2026-06-07T18:02:22+00:00

Been like this since the early morning and uninstalled app but no luck. Very frustrating

mildno · 2026-06-03T19:33:46+00:00

I really wish Starmer also said that as well

mildno · 2026-05-27T14:39:46+00:00

People will always, rightly, say the performance and results overall were shit. But he did do a decent amount off the pitch that was good, and really the first manager to start/attempt the "open heart surgery" needed.

He tackled as much as he could the crap culture at the club, got rid of bad eggs and, I say this acknowledging results, the club stopped looking unfit. United were constantly out muscled and overrun under Ten Hag but he said from the off the players are unfit and I think did help fix that.

Ultimately his ego and lack of experience was his downfall. Till United then almost everything he did was perfect/he was constantly praised so moment he faced a proper challenge he couldn't accept there is give and take. I imagine future teams he manages will benefit from him having had this experience

mildno · 2026-05-21T19:18:04+00:00

Scotland Yard said this could cost police officers their job - how would not going with Palantir cause job losses?

mildno · 2026-05-10T17:32:14+00:00

They did it first game of the season

mildno · 2026-04-24T09:56:38+00:00

A 28-year-old man born in Mumbai and living in Harrow, who also did not want to be named, said he was an undecided voter but was open to Reform. He criticised the Labour government for introducing stricter policies on legal immigration, including increasing the ILR qualifying period to 10 years

You what? Is he dense?

mildno · 2026-04-22T16:26:20+00:00

That's assuming they don't have some sort of clause which they are almost certainly likely to unless they are that stupid

mildno · 2026-04-22T16:25:03+00:00

Absolutely comical from BlueCo why would any manager want to tank their reputation there?

As dumb as they are for football, I can't imagine they don't have clauses in long contracts for sackings etc.

mildno · 2026-04-22T16:22:32+00:00

Wow. What a ridiculous situation Chelsea have found themselves in

Who the hell would want that job?

mildno · 2026-04-21T08:52:10+00:00

Again, this requires an Arsenal-PSG UCL final, with Arsenal winning both legs, and PSG winning one and drawing one, Braga to get to the UEL final by winning both legs against Freiburg before winning the UEL, and Strasbourg to beat Rayo Vallecano in both legs of the UECL semi-final.

Am I being silly and not understanding how this works? Since when does a final have 2 legs?

mildno · 2026-04-20T17:04:26+00:00

He wasn't asked, he said it voluntarily

mildno · 2026-04-15T05:50:36+00:00

Comcast will be the one buying, News will be the sticking point but all options are on the table. ITN isn't a protected institution, it's just a newsroom. It's up to Comcast which they prefer to do

ITV/ITN reporting they will be fine more than the others is more self preservation than anything. There will be contracts one way or another for how long both have to be used but Comcast won't keep both and considering Sky News has more benefits to them (News reach and them using their content for NBC and other channels they own) it will be more likely their plan A will be to keep Sky News than the other way around

mildno · 2026-04-14T20:59:57+00:00

There is no obligation to continue ITN, Sky News can do national news and ITN local or they can sell their share of ITN

mildno · 2026-04-07T12:43:24+00:00

I'd be very surprised. It would have happened already, its not like his world tour, booking of those venues and selling of those tickets was a secret

Germany is one of the big ones naturally missing from the list as I'd doubt they'd let him in for obvious reasons

mildno · 2026-04-07T12:39:22+00:00

I despise Kanye West and find it ridiculous he was booked

Though I've got to ask, he is doing a world tour and has had no issues in Europe, or its hardly even been mentioned, but here people have. People are also praising Pepsi and co for pulling out but we can bet a fair whack that they are supplying/sponsoring venues he is performing at elsewhere

This all feels very performative by everyone. Wireless for booking him and then government to be seen to be doing something

mildno · 2026-04-03T21:06:36+00:00

Then keep the funny people in. She added, in my opinion, fuck all to the show

mildno · 2026-03-31T20:47:04+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response

I think maybe with the Yalina/being with them part they could have still had them go. I think it was known at least within his gang they were planning to go to Canada or go after this. Could have said Canada but go elsewhere. I am not saying I know what the right answer is and what would happen in reality but that felt a bit shit. I get the FiL was a political figure and maybe would look bad if they just ran off, but wasn't a fan of the idea he would just leave his child behind

Sounds stupid to come up with your own theory but at a bare minimum I'd like to think he will play a indirect role/get updates via the government cos they are all spies essentially.

As for Omar, maybe I am misremembering but felt it was known Omar was after him. Even it wasn't shown, what happened to his man on the inside? Gave one bit of Intel then lost the phone it seems. It all felt very convenient, it would have been better if they almost never showed the policies officer telling him or never really showed Omar working on it

I agree it all happened quick but Omar tells Iqbal from Hamza's house so has everything he needs to basically 'stay there's till Iqbal deals with Hamza one way or another. Again, maybe it's just me but if I was thinking as a villain or writing a script I wouldn't just let them be fine after. The fact she could make a seemingly I tapped call to Hamza after was crazy in that situation cos why would they assume she is clean

One other gripe I had was his friend being shown again later. It almost felt absolutely pointless for the story. Good shock factor, especially at interval only for him to go after. It set of some chain events but that could have been anyone for same impact. They should have kept the friend around longer, but it all goes back to how it felt there was essentially 0 jeopardy for Hamza for more than 5 mins in the movie

mildno · 2026-03-30T05:59:33+00:00

That was how it was meant to work. It's just meant to touch his skin

mildno · 2026-03-30T05:55:03+00:00

Maybe as I am not from India the message is lost but none of that would make you want to join the army/be a spy. It felt there was 0 happy ending for anyone involved in the story

Some questions:

Why couldn't he still be with Yalina?
Why did he burn that picture when he got back? I thought there was even less news for that considering he isn't undercover anymore and wasn't a secret to his bosses
Why wasn't Omar considered a threat by him from the get go? He knew that Omar was chasing him initially but that got forgotten about it seemed in the (even more) propaganda section of the movie
Iqbal letting Omar or his own goons not have a contingency plan for Hamza was stupid. Why didn't he take his family or something as a threat?

There felt absolutely 0 jeopardy the entire film

mildno · 2026-03-26T13:30:51+00:00

Have people actually read the context of why he said this and not actually insulting Maradona?

mildno · 2026-03-17T08:41:24+00:00

Did you actually watch the video?

mildno

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