Nigel Farage has gone out of his way to avoid associating with members of the BNP and Tommy Robinson because the polling in the past has shown those two have toxic ratings and this More In Common poll shows the risks of the Tories and Reform making Lucy Connolly a martyr. If Labour are to win the next election they are going to win the next election they are likely to need centre left voters to tactically vote for them…
Given Labour’s current polling figures I cannot see why Labour, with a majority north of 150, would want to call an election this year or next year, I expect Starmer and Labour to go long and hold the election in 2029. If Labour/Starmer call an election this year or next year it would be the greatest self inflicted wound a political party has experienced since the Tories made Liz Truss Prime Minister. Backing 2025 or 2026 do not appeal even…
I wonder if this will make Farage reluctant to announce detailed policies before the election. TSE
Several years ago I had a chat with somebody from the world of politics and their sage advice was to me is that political obsessives massively overestimate the interest the general public take in politics which is why stories that we think should shift perceptions and voting intentions often don’t. Most of the public know who the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, and Chancellor of the Exchequer are, they don’t care who the Chancellor of the Duchy of…
I am not somebody who is ever going to vote for a party that is led by Corbyn or Sultana but I appreciate choosing a good name is critical for this party. The Star Trek fan in me would like them to choose The Collective but none of those names seem appealing to me but you can make your own suggestion at the Your Party website. Given the British public, I wouldn’t rule the new party name being Party McPartyface….
The odds in this betting market from Ladbrokes seem right to me. My expectation remains that after the next May’s elections as England, Scotland, and Wales unite to extirpate the Tories then Kemi Badenoch will be ousted. TSE
Ultimately what forced out Liz Truss was spooking the markets and the Tory party taking action, regretfully for America and the world I do not think the Republican party has the cojones to oust Trump. I cannot stress enough the markets will not stand for a country producing economic numbers that are utter bollocks solely produced to please the President, nor will it stand for the Fed being stuffed with Trump placemen/women who think inflation is a woke concept. TSE
I really like Sir Geoffrey Howe, as Margaret Thatcher’s first Chancellor of the Exchequer he helped change the economy, shattering the policies that helped make the United Kingdom the sick man of Europe despite a lot of opprobrium at the time. By making his resignation about our relationship with our European neighbours and thus Mrs Thatcher’s ousting about that led to an emotional melodrama that affected the Tory party for decades and as a result the country too given the…