I Like Andy Burnham

[10ClarionSt]

I've met him lots of times and spoke with him here in Manchester. I voted for him t'other week in the Mayoral election, but he was talking through his arm pit tonight on BBC News. He said this was an extremist attack not linked to any religion. Talk about the Emperors New Clothes! Come on Mr. Burnham. Say what you see. Say what the rest of us know. This was an attack on innocent people by a Muslim extremist whose family were given asylum by the govt of the people he attacked. You know it. We know it. They know it. Everyone knows it. Stop apologizing for Muslim extremism and tell what YOU would do to eradicate it.

[saintpeter48]

Well said that man! None of the main party leaders or BBC or Sky news etc, have mentioned the word Islam in connection with this attack, are they too afraid of rocking the boat, or upsetting our Muslim chums! Its time to wake and smell the coffee, get real, this is the first of many such attacks, all because for many years people in power have been too afraid of being classed as racist and normal working class people have been too scared to say it as they see it for fear of the same!

[vetuste_ennemi]

//None of the main party leaders or BBC or Sky news etc, have mentioned the word Islam in connection with this attack//

That's because: (1) "this has nothing to do with Islam"; and, anyway, (2) "Islam is a religion of peace".

You're not following the script No 10. Please try to keep up.

[youngmafbog]

This is all part of the problem, to avoid being called a 'raysist' no one will admit the root of the problem: Islam.

[naomi24]

^Spot on.

[anotheoldgit]

I missed who he actually was but he was one of the 'big wigs' of Manchester and he was being interviewed on the TV news last night, He was spouting on about how the people of Manchester were a close knit society and it was times like this when they came together no matter what race or religion etc etc, he even managed to get transgenders mentioned.
Forget all the organised vigils etc, when are they going admit we have a very big problem and bring out certain positive measures to combat this terrorism?

[Peter Pedant]

I like Andy
I think he will do well

we almost had "Back to Normalcy" last night on tee vee
that for american readers was the presidential election slogan in 1918 and matched what came before ( The Emergency)

he managed to say Normality after a click

I say the Brisbane coroner is throwing the furniture around
on THEIR terror attack a year or so ago

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2017/may/24/sydney-lindt-cafe-siege-inquest-coroner-delivers-his-findings-live

[Peter Pedant]

andy Burnham... // I missed who he actually was but he was one of the 'big wigs' of Manchester//
is the recently directly elected mayor of Manchester
so it is appropriate that he stands on his two hind legs and blaaarts

almost certainly doesnt have a terrorist function
that is - doesnt go out and hunts and shoots terroristen himself
bamma bamma bamma

so he is a doer but also a sayer

[agchristie]

You can like anyone on a number of levels but if they are afraid to state the real facts for fear of being classed as racist then they just fall in to the growing league of 'also-rans' as far as I'm concerned...

[anotheoldgit]

Peter Pedant

/// andy Burnham... // I missed who he actually was but he was one of the 'big wigs' of Manchester//
is the recently directly elected mayor of Manchester ///

I know who Andy Burnham is and it was not him.

[ladybirder]

Piers Morgan had plenty to say about it this morning and didn't mince his words. He was particularly critical of the Imam at the mosque attended by Abedi who had seen hatred in his eyes when he, the Imam, had attacked ISIS. Abedi never went back to that mosque again. Piers, quite rightly, is angry that the Imam didn't do anything about it like telling the police.

[hereIam]

Piers Morgan is never afraid to tell it like it is - I admire him for that ...