Yesterday it emerged that some of next year’s local elections could be postponed due to local government reforms that would see more areas get unitary councils. It looks like it doesn’t have much support, but I suspect at people see the benefits support will increase. TSE
There’s not a lot to say about this poll from Ipsos other than i) this quite some achievement by Sir Keir and ii) there’s plenty of time for Sir Keir to turn this around iii) Boris Johnson showed in 2019 it is possible to win an election with poor ratings so long as your opponent has even worse ratings. TSE
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One of the laziest and stupidest takes in British politics is that if there is a merger/alliance/pact between the Tories and Reform then everybody who votes or plans to vote Tory and Reform will vote for the new alliance and it is good news for the Tories that Kemi Badenoch is aware of this. For example I know many Tories who utterly despise Farage for his pro Putin appeasement words on Ukraine and would never vote to put him in…
I like this poll from Ipsos showing who the public thinks will be on Santa’s naughty and nice lists. As a feminist I cannot but help notice that men dominate the naughty list, this is further proof that the patriarchy needs smashing. TSE
Sandwichgate has led to, ahem, robust debate between Badenoch and Farage on the platform that I will forever call Twitter. TSE
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Ed Miliband must sympathise with Kemi Badenoch today. Given how he was mercilessly mocked over his attempt to eat a bacon sandwich seeing Kemi Badenoch getting mocked over her views on sandwiches Tories cannot complain about the coverage meted out to Kemi Badenoch. I love my sandwiches (except the time my staff brought me a Vegan No Salmon & No Cream Cheese Sandwich) and I am not surprised the reactions to Badenoch’s comments. That she has managed to make Starmer…