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2026-07-17 11:48 UTC

So, maybe all you really can hope for from an acceptance speech is a bit of empty rhetoric, but that is indeed what we got here. Unity and decentralization and a promise that he has a plan. Unity is easy to say, but requires unity to achieve since you ain't in control of all the factions. Decentralization tends to be fought by centralized powers, and is a tactic really not a strategy. What do you hope to achieve with it? Can end up just remote offices for centralized power. And that plan he reckons he has? I look forward to hearing what it actually is. #ukpol #burnham

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@pre@boing.world 2026-07-17 18:01

Burn ham or Burn Oil? Sounds like first policies are going to be more oil drilling and taking "control" of Thames Water. Note that more oil drilling will NOT reduce the price of energy to the consumer, nor do much to increase sovereign energy independence. It will however mean lots of profits to the party donors from the oil industry, and of course mean more heat-domes and wildfires and floods and rising sea levels. More death from heatstroke. Note also that "control" of Thames Water is not nationalization, not "ownership", it's just really more (likely toothless) regulation of private industry. Welcome to the new boss, same as the old boss. RE: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/burnham-to-back-north-sea-oil-and-take-control-of-thames-water #labour #ukpol #burnham

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