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What is it about British party leaders and sandwiches?

What is it about British party leaders and sandwiches?

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…

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It’s Kemi Badenough for the Tories as they sink to third

It’s Kemi Badenough for the Tories as they sink to third

I suspect for the new few months (if not years) we might see three parties oscillate in the polls given how close the top three are. It should worry Badenoch that there’s no evidence of a new leader bounce, I suspect if we see this type of polling happen long term then the parliamentary party will look at ditching her before the general election. Normally Labour polling on 26% would lead to leadership speculation but 26% now sees leads in…

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Farage remains the favourite to be the next PM

Farage remains the favourite to be the next PM

On Betfair Nigel Farage remains the favourite to succeed Sir Keir Starmer as our next Prime Minister. I still think this is one of the greatest lays in betting history for the reasons I have indicated before.The value remains with the likes of Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner, and other Labour cabinet ministers. TSE

How the general election would have looked under different voting systems

How the general election would have looked under different voting systems

The Electoral Reform Society have modelled how July’s election would have looked under different voting systems, as we can see First Past The Post really flattered Labour. Regretfully they didn’t model using the Alternative Vote which seems a mistake considering Labour uses AV to elect their leaders and the Tories use a form of quasi-AV (the exhaustive ballot) to elect their leaders. Some key stats from the election are The key stats for me is ‘344 seats, out of the…

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Some 2025 specials

Some 2025 specials

Ladbrokes have a 2025 specials market up and to be honest this appears a good way to contribute to the Ladbrokes bonus fund. If I had to pick I’d go for the 20/1 on the zero by elections and maybe the 6/1 on 1 to 2 by-elections in 2025. TSE