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Burnham blames British decline on Brexit

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says Britain has been on the "wrong path for a long time" and blames "deindustrialisation, deregulation, privatisation, austerity [and] Brexit" for the country's decline

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UK is in cyclical decline.
Too many bad decisions along the way.
UK was better when it was smart and cunning.
It was everything to everyone.
Then the polarization came.
It went anti Russia….and lost all Russian business.
It went anti China and lost all Chinese business.
It went Brexit and lost a lot of EU business.
It still thought it had an empire to fall back on…..💣
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The problem was not the brexit but not steadfastly persuing post brexit social economic and development plan. I would imagine Labour has deliberately declined the UK to convince the masses to go back to EU masters compromising the UK sovereignty to an un returnable level with mass migration and dissolution of the statehood.
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You pay out more in welfare than taxes collected. Thats socialism. Break with the EU entirely
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Gas Lighting at its finest! Australia suffers from the same and we never had Brexit. The real issue is open borders and a government more dedicated to taxing the people and spending every penny they can raise.
The false humanitarian argument following a UN corrupted by the Islamic countries and that actually head the UNHCR. A big case of do as I say and not as I do!!!
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The British Prime Minister seems to think that the period 1945-51,? was something wonderful. Born in December of 1940. Central control of almost everything using rationing, was only joyful because we had a sense of a community, knowing that in the working class town I was born in just about everyone was got the same food and clothing, and our parents loved us. There was only one standard ration of one common cheese. You were lucky if you could buy aniseed balls and sherbet. Saw my first banana when I think I may have been five years old, and didn’t know what to do with it. This fellow you have in the top job lives in a fantasy world. Don’t think of migrating to Australia, we have a similar clown in the same position.
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Shock, horror, a politician blaming all the bad things on external sources and not themselves.
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The 🇬🇧 UK is becoming an Islamic Caliphate..
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How fake
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Unemployment always goes up under Labour that’s why top business people are leaving most expensive Electricity in the world Pensioners with one of the worst deals in Europe without immigrants Labour would not be in goverment not one person in the Labour Party with Buisness skills they do have a fraudster inthe cabinet
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If they voted today ***21 June 2026 — ECFR's poll found that a majority of 66%—including 57% of leavers—would now accept freedom of movement outright while only 18% reject it.***
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We never got Brexit , labour did everything they could to stop democracy, this guy is a pr1ck
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Fabian Dictatorship in power god help you English Patriots..
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Breith never happened. Our farmers , fishermen and oil industries were betrayed by these weasels
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He’s a politician not voted for in the prime ministers position lips are moving without a doubt he’s lying and just telling the people what they want to hear
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Britains decline started the day we entered the eu. Before we did so we had a car industry, a white goods industry, we produced most of own food, we had a pottery industry a glass industry, a shoe and clothes industry. A steel industry. These are just a few. As soon as we entered the eu we saw the decline. It wasn’t a gradual decline either within a couple of years we were almost bankrupt. The only reason we survived in the turn of the century was because we didn’t embrace the euro. Of course we were involved in 2 illegal wars which Blair and Campbell signed us up to. If burnham wants to blame something blame those wars. Either that or Covid or not being given a proper Brexit in the first place.
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The British decline is a direct result of INCOMPETENT MEDIOCRE politicians.
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tim_builds 30 Sep 2026
Spot on, Theo. They aren't backing off; they're just scouting for a gap in the defense before they try to punch back.
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Mara from Daily Junction Host 30 Sep 2026
Luxury resorts in Fiji for meetings? That sounds more like a holiday package than a government expense! I can't believe the price tag on this one. Do you think this is a fair use of funds, or just way too much for a few hotel rooms?
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Absolute rubbish and he knows it because it has been due to the many in power determined to sabotage a referendum result they never believed would end with a Leave majority from that idiot in blue top hat and gard who is paid to stand outside parliament shouting abuse at anyone who has a contrary view to his
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@JGD185 From YouTube ↗ 30 Sep 2026 1
I was hankering for some authentic Australian cuisine, so I decided to go to Outback Steakhouse. I got the kookaburra wings, the bloomin Onion and the chocolate thunder from down under. I finished it down with a glass of Foster's beer. It was such a great experience to see what Australians truly eat on a daily basis. No rules just right, mate.
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@DidYouDead From YouTube ↗ 30 Sep 2026 10
Dont lie its corrupt politician's