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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 7h

People call Andy Burnham a socialist, but politically he's often closer to the One Nation tradition of Macmillan than to the Labour left. His worldview is communitarian: • Strong public services • Regional investment • Civic institutions • Social responsibility • Pragmatic government

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 7h

If you took one of Thatcher's wets like Ian Gilmour or Peter Walker and dropped them into today's politics, they'd probably find more common ground with Andy Burnham than with much of the post-Brexit Conservative right. Politics has shifted more than people realise.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 7h

Hot take: Andy Burnham often sounds closer to old One Nation Conservatism than many modern Conservatives do. Housing. Infrastructure. Civic pride. Regional development. Strong public services. Community over market dogma. Harold Macmillan would recognise it instantly.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 7h

Funny how much of Andy Burnham's agenda would have sounded familiar to Thatcher's "wets". Regional investment, strong public services, infrastructure spending, pragmatism over ideology, and a close relationship with Europe. More Macmillan than Thatcher in many way

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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026

🎯 "Burham has to decide whether Britain’s security, in an increasingly turbulent world, can best be protected through the obsessive pursuit of some purist notion of sovereignty, or through pooling some sovereignty with like-minded allies in pursuit of greater collective resilience."

bylinetimes.com

'Why Andy Burnham Will Ultimately Back Rejoining the EU'

The logic of the Prime Minister's argument that Brexit has done more harm than good only points in one direction, argues

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 11h

Nothing says "we've understood the voters" quite like responding to significant election defeats with the exact attitudes that helped produce them.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 11h

The Conservatives talk about learning lessons. The trouble is that the lessons many of them have chosen bear little resemblance to what the electorate actually said.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 11h

A party that cannot honestly examine why it lost risks turning every election defeat into a rehearsal for the next one

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 11h

Voters: "We have concerns about your record and direction." Conservatives: "Clearly we need more of the same." Voters: "That's not what we said." Conservatives: "We'll try saying it louder."

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 11h

The most remarkable thing about recent Conservative election losses is not the defeats themselves. It's the apparent determination of some in the party to treat every loss as evidence they should change even less.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026

I wonder why Badenoch couldn't say that London benefitted from Brexit 🤔 The reality is that neither London nor any other region in the UK has benefitted from Brexit - the opposite is the case. That's why our polling with YouGov shows that 628 out of 632 constituencies want to rejoin the EU.

independent.co.uk

Kemi Badenoch refuses to say if Brexit has benefitted London

The Tory leader insisted that voters were not interested ‘in having a row’ over the debate to rejoin the EU

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 11h

Every election defeat is a message from the electorate. The Conservatives keep opening the envelope, ignoring the contents, and acting surprised when the next one arrives.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 11h

The lesson many voters wanted the Conservatives to learn was simple: understand why people left. The lesson they appear to have learned is: blame the voters and carry on as before.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 11h

The lesson many voters wanted the Conservatives to learn was simple: understand why people left. The lesson they appear to have learned is: blame the voters and carry on as before.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 11h

After multiple electoral setbacks, you'd expect some soul-searching from the Conservatives. Instead, we're getting the political equivalent of putting fingers in ears and shouting louder.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 11h

The Conservative Party seems determined to learn absolutely nothing from its election defeats. Voters said "change", the response was "double down". Losing isn't the problem. Refusing to listen is.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

When workers unite, organise and demand a fair share of the wealth they create, they are accused of class politics. Yet protecting inherited wealth and corporate privilege is class politics too. It is simply the class politics of the powerful. #Socialism #WorkersRights

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Capitalism turns education into a market, healthcare into a commodity and housing into an asset class. Socialism insists that essential human needs should never depend on ability to pay.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

A society should be judged not by the wealth of its richest citizens but by the security, freedom and opportunity enjoyed by its ordinary people. That is the socialist test of success.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

The real division is not between public and private. It is between democracy and concentrated power. Socialism extends democracy from politics into the workplace and the economy itself.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Socialism is not about making everyone equal. It is about ensuring that no one has so much wealth that they can dominate society while others lack the basic necessities of a dignified life.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

The wealthiest depend on roads, schools, hospitals, utilities, laws and workers funded by society. The idea that success is entirely individual is one of capitalism's most persistent myths.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

The purpose of an economy should be human wellbeing, not endless profit. If people work full time and still struggle to afford food, energy and housing, the economy is serving capital, not humanity.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Workers are told there is no money for higher wages, yet there is always money for dividends, executive bonuses and shareholder returns. The issue is not scarcity. It is who controls the wealth society produces.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

A handful of corporations controlling food, energy, housing and finance is not a free market. It is private power without democratic accountability. Socialism seeks democracy in the economy as well as the ballot box.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Every pound cut from healthcare, education and social care is eventually paid for through poverty, poor health and declining opportunity. Public services are not a burden. They are society investing in itself.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Under capitalism, housing is treated as an investment. Under socialism, housing is a human right. Homes should exist to shelter people, not to generate profit for landlords and speculators.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Right-wing economics promises that wealth will trickle down. Decades later, wealth has trickled up while wages stagnate, housing becomes unaffordable and public services struggle. The experiment has failed.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

The cost of living crisis is not an accident. Energy firms make profits. Landlords raise rents. Corporations increase prices. Workers are told to accept lower living standards. The system is working exactly as capitalism intends.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Every billionaire is evidence not of economic success, but of economic imbalance. No one earns a billion pounds alone. Wealth on that scale is built on collective labour, public infrastructure and the work of countless others. #Socialism

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Capitalism creates wealth, but concentrates ownership of that wealth in fewer and fewer hands. Workers create value. Shareholders collect the rewards. Socialism demands that those who produce society's wealth have democratic control over it.

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

An economy that works mainly for shareholders, large asset holders and corporations while public services decline is not a success story. Growth should be shared, sustainable and benefit society as a whole. #EconomicReform

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Economic growth means little if most people cannot afford housing, energy, food or a decent standard of living. Prosperity should be measured by how people live, not just by market indicators. #CostOfLivingCrisis

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

The true cost of inequality is not just unfairness. It is poorer health, reduced opportunity, weaker social cohesion and a less resilient economy for everyone. #FairEconomy

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Rising housing costs, stagnant wages and weakened worker bargaining power are not inevitable. They are political choices that favour capital over labour and wealth holders over earners. #HousingCrisis

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

A society is only as strong as its public institutions. Schools, hospitals, social care and local government are foundations of economic success, not barriers to it. #InvestInPeople

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Tax cuts that disproportionately benefit those already wealthy do not automatically create prosperity for everyone else. Without strong investment in public services and infrastructure, the gains often remain concentrated at the top. #EconomicJustice

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Decades of deregulation, privatisation and austerity have left many households paying more for essentials while receiving less from the state. The result is insecurity, not prosperity. #CostOfLiving

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Decades of deregulation, privatisation and austerity have left many households paying more for essentials while receiving less from the state. The result is insecurity, not prosperity. #CostOfLiving

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

When wealth flows upwards faster than it flows through the wider economy, demand weakens, local businesses suffer and ordinary people feel poorer despite economic growth on paper. #Inequality #Economy

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

An economy cannot thrive when public services are treated as costs rather than investments. Underfunded healthcare, education and transport leave workers less productive, families less secure and communities weaker. #PublicServices

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Modern capitalism increasingly concentrates wealth in the hands of asset owners while wages struggle to keep pace. When governments prioritise tax cuts for the wealthy over investment in people, inequality grows and social mobility declines. #CostOfLivingCrisis

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Modern politics is increasingly shaped by education, age, geography, culture and values as much as social class. Political parties still reflect class interests, but class alone no longer explains how most people vote. #PoliticalScience #Elections

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williamdunn.bsky.social @williamdunn.bsky.social · 12h

Plaid Cymru draws support from a mix of working-class and middle-class Welsh voters, particularly those who prioritise Welsh identity, cultural preservation and greater self-government. #Politics

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