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Just how low can Badenoch’s Tories go?

Just how low can Badenoch’s Tories go?

Earlier on this month I said the Tories are a rounding error from being fourth in the polls and it has happened which is great news for my 50/1 bet on the Lib Dems winning the most seats at the next election. It’s now a matter of when not if Kemi Badenoch is replaced as Tory leader before the election. TSE

Vibeshift update

Vibeshift update

Today’s Telegrapgh has this story from the screenshot. For UK politics the question is will Nigel Farage and a lesser extent Kemi Badenoch be able to distance themselves from Donald Trump? TSE

Just 2% of the public think Badenoch will be PM after the next general election

Just 2% of the public think Badenoch will be PM after the next general election

More Brits think they could beat a crocodile in a fight than think Kemi Badenoch will be PM after the next general election. I am glad YouGov listened to my suggestion and polled who the public think would be PM after the next election and the results are sub-optimal for Kemi Badenoch who I am even more convinced will not be Tory leader at the election. What really should worry the Tories is that the public think the next election…

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Happy Eurovision day

Happy Eurovision day

As a human being I loved the fact that Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain fell and millions were liberated from the tyranny of communism but as a Eurovision fan I regret that the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain fell as it has ruined Eurovision which used to be great betting opportunity but less so now, and the new voting system hasn’t helped. My strategy of many years has been to lay Le Royaume-Uni and this year Israel (the latter…

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Fewer than a third think Farage will become PM within four years

Fewer than a third think Farage will become PM within four years

If I had taken part in this poll the pedant in me would have said it is very unlikely Nigel Farage will become Prime Minister within the next four years simply because I expect the next general election to be held in just over four years. However the changes since January is reflective of the wider polls and local elections. TSE

I can’t get no satisfaction

I can’t get no satisfaction

This is a fascinating analysis and if it holds true at the election we might be able to extrapolate where Reform (and the Lib Dems) will do better which has important betting considerations. TSE