The political splits here should be worrying for Number 10. By backing Cummings they are going very much against what voters think . Thus looking at the party splits a majority of CON voters think he was wrong while Leave voters split 45% to 37% that he should resign. No doubt we’ll see more polling in the next few hours.
Cummings has burnt too many bridges to survive committing the cardinal British political sin: hypocricy 25 January 2016 is not a date that has gone down in history. Despite that, the events of that day were critical to Britain voting to leave the EU, with all that’s meant since. That morning, Dominic Cummings was summoned to a meeting that was intended to remove him from running the Vote Leave campaign. The meeting did not turn out as its board intended….
For the first time since lockdown Johnson’s government gets negative YouGov approval rating And in the White House race Trump is struggling against Biden
By far the most active political betting market at the moment is on who will be the Democratic nomination for VP – a job, given Biden’s age, could be a huge stepping stone to becoming President. This was all triggered by this report from CBS News Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) “has been asked by Joe Biden to undergo a formal vetting to be considered as his vice presidential running mate, one of several potential contenders now being scrutinized by his…
The big betting move in the last few hours has been on Amy Klobuchar who is to be vetted by the Biden campaign as a possible VP. I’m not sure how significant this is because there have been reports of other potential VP choices also being examined. Certainly Klobuchar has a lot going to her.
Starmer has indicated that he’ll table an amendment to the Immigration bill which would force a a Commons vote on the issue. In the post linked to by Katy Balls in her Tweet she noted: “Behind the scenes, the number of would-be rebels is growing – they are not the usual suspects. ‘There’s a big sense of momentum,’ says one MP who is considering their position. ‘The government need to move pretty quickly’. Among those expressing concerns are several of the new intake…