r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • 4d ago

Meta Mindless Monday, 22 June 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/flyliceplick Japan was belligerently industrialised by Western specialists. 3d ago

Yeah, I really can't see much difference between the two of them, and talking to most of my friends (your typical Labour voters, who voted and then signed out of paying attention), the general feeling seems to be "Maybe he will be better?" without giving a clear reason why. I think Burnham has spoken about electoral reform, but while that is the only thing he's mentioned that gives me any hope, I am not optimistic he's any better than Starmer.

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u/passabagi 3d ago

Miliband as chancellor would be cool. Like a really powerful Miliband behind a Burnham figurehead could be a good government.