I have said for sometime that the Liz Truss interregnum will do for the Tories what the Winter of Discontent did for Labour or Black Wednesday for the Tories, it destroys a political brand for a generation. TSE
I missed these McLaughlin & Associates polls in February but a reminder that some American pollsters are like jockstraps, full of bollocks. John McLaughlin is Donald Trump’s private pollster. We should be grateful for the British Polling Council. TSE
YouGov America have some fascinating polling when it comes to dog/pet owners. As a cat owner/slave to a cat I am delighted to see my fellow cat owners are a net negative when it comes to Trump but what is going on with dog owners? TSE
David Cameron really was exceptional, we may not see his like again, since the turn of the millennium other than David Cameron no Tory leader has served more 38 months. No wonder Ladbrokes make it 2/9 that Badenoch will not make it to the next general election, the Tories really do like ditching their leaders this century. TSE
Readers of Popbitch will be aware of the longstanding discussion over who would win a fight between a badger and a baboon but last week the internet came up with a new variation, who would win a fight between 100 unarmed men and a silverback gorilla. I think the 35% who went for the men are utterly deluded. TSE PS – A baboon would easily beat a badger in a fight and I will entertain no further discussion on this…
Although as I noted at the time when the next Pope markets went up this was a market to avoid as it was the epitome of an insiders’ market. TSE
As we saw in last week’s by-election every vote matters and if I were a Labour strategist I would be happy with this polling, I suspect plenty on the centre left will vote tactically to keep out Farage and Reform. I think it would be a mistake to lump the centre-left as one homogenous bloc as it would be to lump the Tories and Reform as one bloc too. TSE
I expect when people realise I am backing the Lib Dems to win the most seats at the next general election some of you will send me links to the Gamble Aware website but my logic is based on this being an excellent (trading) bet for the following reasons. So that’s why I think 50/1 is good trading bet an you can also get around 48/1 on Betfair. TSE