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There is an interactive version of the crossword here. It allows solvers to solve the puzzle by filling in the grid online. You can also reveal a word solution or the while solution and explanations if you choose to do so.  You can also download a printable version of the crossword grid by clicking here. Clues ACROSS  1. Colonialist combat soldiers finally begin battle (6,8)  9. Waving flags so my limbs get exercised? (9)  10. Cabinet minister cut short old administrator…

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Happy Christmas everybody. TSE

Oddly this fun poll by Ipsos is quite damning for Sir Keir Starmer. He is seen as naughtier than Elon Musk and only wannabe royals Donald Trump and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor beat him. As for the nice list what can I say about the cult like behaviour towards the NHS and royals. TSE

Based on this polling I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Tories ahead of Reform at some point in quarter one of 2026, if present trends hold, not consistently but on an outlier basis. I place great faith in leadership approval ratings and the one that really stands out is more people saying Nigel Farage has got worse than he has improved. If there is a poll showing the Tories ahead of Reform should make it less likely that Badenoch…

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Wes Streeting during an interview with The Observer said ‘We’re not going to win the next election by trying to out-Reform Reform. That’s not who we are. Those aren’t our values and we’ve got to beat them, not join them.’ * He said Britain has taken a ‘massive economic hit’ from Brexit. ‘I’m really uncomfortable with the level of taxation in this country. We’re asking a lot of individual taxpayers, we’re asking a lot of businesses. We’ve got a level…

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I cannot help but think post hoc ergo propter hoc. TSE

In the last fifteen months or so backing Ed Miliband at long odds has proven to be very profitable but I am not sure backing Ed Miliband at 33/1 as next Chancellor will be similarly profitable. My logic is underpinned by the fact Sir Keir Starmer & Labour have made much about Rachel Reeves being the first female Chancellor if Starmer does replace her then I suspect her replacement will be a woman which rules out Ed Miliband. However if…

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