Does Rishi only look good because his two immediate predecessors were so rubbish? We are seven months into Rishi Sunak’s premiership and we have enough information to start making judgments. For me one of his biggest flaws is his ability to overpromise and underdeliver, we see it with his boat pledges, but most egregiously we see it with the basket of deplorables he appointed to his cabinet. The country have judged him on for appointing people with huge red flags…
Like others I think Labour will struggle to win a majority at the next election, thanks largely to the toxic legacy bequeathed to Sir Keir Starmer by his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn. As we get closer to the election, particularly if the polls tighten, the focus will be on what type of government Starmer will try and form. If the Tories are planning on revisiting their greatest hits then the tweet from Keiran Pedley shows why it will be ineffective and…
Earlier on this week The Guardian reported that Conservatives need to recognise that elections are won on economics and public services rather than culture wars, Michael Gove has said in what will be seen as a rebuke to Suella Braverman. Addressing the National Conservatism (NatCon) conference in Westminster, a day after Braverman gave a highly partisan speech to the same event which condemned “experts and elites” and “political correctness”, Gove was at pains to make no direct criticism of the home secretary. But…
The optics are horrible on this for Sunak and Braverman, their opponents are already making political capital of this about their being one rule for the Tories and everybody else. The Sunday Times report that [A] senior Conservative MP with knowledge of the controversy said they believed Braverman’s actions breached the seven Nolan principles of public life, including the requirement to be accountable, open and honest. They also suggested that, as the cabinet minister in charge of law enforcement, Braverman’s…
What I know about Turkish politics is only matched by what Boris Johnson knows about honesty or fidelity to his wives but this intervention from Elon Musk’s Twitter is effectively helping the President of Turkey censor his opponents, the day before the Turkish general election. Democrats around the world should be outraged and worried about this intervention from the so called free speech champion Elon Musk, if this can happen in Turkey then it can happen anywhere and impact general…
What happens if there’s no improvement in the polls for the Tories or the polls gets worse for the Tories? The reality is Rishi Sunak isn’t very good, he lost to Liz Truss, who lost to a lettuce, only her implosion led to Sunak become Prime Minister, he only looks good because his two immediate predecessors were so bad there isn’t an adjective in the English language to accurately describe them. Alastair Meeks makes this observation (before last night’s Opinium)…
Tonight is Eurovision night and it being held in Liverpool, home of the six times European Cup/Champions League winners. My usual strategy is to lay Le Royaume-Uni, which became a risky strategy last year. My two longshot bets for tonight are Croatia and Israel. I don’t expect the favourites Sweden to win, I would sooner listen to Katie Price covering a Radiohead track. TSE
It must be worrying for the Royals and their sycophants that only a quarter of Brits were most looking forward to the coronation, more Brits were looking forward to the bank holiday. The first coronation is seventy years really didn’t appeal to Brits, the viewing figures for the coronation were substantially lower than when England ‘s men’s soccer team play in international tournaments or make the final. With the police arresting people for exercising free speech against the monarchy, that…