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Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness

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Burnham has said that the social care system in England is as unfair as US healthcare as he pledged reform The PM said he could "never forgive himself" if he didn't try to fix it, even if it harms his own popularity "I know this will require me to put what political capital I have on the table"

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He could do a lot worse than use the brilliant analogy by @danneidle.bsky.social on this - there is already a tax that funds this but it's quite random and arbitrary, sees some people pay nothing and some people lose everything. By no objective measure is it fair compared to a general taxation.

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Do we? I don't remember you ringing up and asking me

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