Wes Streeting displays absolutely no subtlety as he goes on manoeuvres

Wes Streeting displays absolutely no subtlety as he goes on manoeuvres

Wes Streeting during an interview with The Observer said ‘We’re not going to win the next election by trying to out-Reform Reform. That’s not who we are. Those aren’t our values and we’ve got to beat them, not join them.’ * He said Britain has taken a ‘massive economic hit’ from Brexit. ‘I’m really uncomfortable with the level of taxation in this country. We’re asking a lot of individual taxpayers, we’re asking a lot of businesses. We’ve got a level…

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Ed Miliband is 33/1 to be the next Chancellor

Ed Miliband is 33/1 to be the next Chancellor

In the last fifteen months or so backing Ed Miliband at long odds has proven to be very profitable but I am not sure backing Ed Miliband at 33/1 as next Chancellor will be similarly profitable. My logic is underpinned by the fact Sir Keir Starmer & Labour have made much about Rachel Reeves being the first female Chancellor if Starmer does replace her then I suspect her replacement will be a woman which rules out Ed Miliband. However if…

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The 2025 chutzpah award goes to Marco Longhi

The 2025 chutzpah award goes to Marco Longhi

Speaking to a former Labour SPAD earlier on this month they said to me every time a former Tory MP defects to Reform it increases the chances of Labour retaining power at the next election. Reform’s schtick is that it is the brand new thing to overturn the uniparty orthodoxy but the more they look like a retirement home for failed Tories then that message becomes less effective. Marco Longhi would like you to forget he was a Tory MP…

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They used to weigh Labour votes in Wales

They used to weigh Labour votes in Wales

Yesterday saw a YouGov poll published a Wales only poll which is utterly staggering, we should be prepared for the possibility of one of the Conservatives or Labour could finish fifth or lower in next year’s Senedd election, it would make a mockery of Kemi Badenoch’s improved ratings. Given Labour’s historic strength in Wales I am not sure there are the words to describe if that result became a reality. There’s very few betting markets on next year’s Senedd elections…

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