New poll confirms the infinite wisdom of the British people
I am delighted that a clear majority of Brits think Die Hard is NOT a Christmas film, confirming other polling we have seen. Vox populi, vox Dei. TSE
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…
Environmentalism, feminism, liberalism, and socialism are the favourite ideologies of Brits
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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
Just one in five people are pleased by what Labour have done in office so far
So far Starmer is shaping up as the gravest disappointment since the second season of Westworld but there’s plenty of time for him to turn this around. It is supplementaries like this which explain why Labour are polling in the twenties. TSE
The disconnect between the betting markets
Over the last few days I’ve highlighted how Nigel Farage has become the favourite to be the next Prime Minister which I felt was wrong on a number of levels and the most seats betting market is further proof. The only way I could see Farage becoming Prime Minister after the next general election is if Reform won the most seats (I cannot see if he finished second behind the Tories then the Tories making him PM for example). If…
Braverman set to defect to Reform (no, not that one, yet)
Like many I expect Suella Braverman to defect to Reform at some point in the next few months. I try and see the best in people but I consider Braverman a ghastly person and eve ghastlier politician, the sort of person who would switch off somebody’s life support machine just to charge her phone so she could Tweet something political/on the culture wars. If Suella Braverman did defect it would be no great loss to the Tory Party (just look…
It’s the NHS, stupid?
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