I suspect what is driving this is that there’s an expectation there will be swingback to the government by the time of the next election and that most of the centre-left will coalesce behind Labour to stop Farage becoming Prime Minister. TSE
If the current narrative holds for the next few years then the focus will be on what a Reform government will do when they take power and on some areas that could be a weakness and damage their chances of taking power. One area is the DOGE angle, given how unpopular Trump and Musk are with the British public then Labour, the Tories, and the Lib Dems will focus on this if they are wise, the outcome of the British…
The Tory party are correct for apologising the Liz Truss premiership which in terms of disasters was the equivalent of The Hindenburg meets Chernobyl meets the fall of Singapore meets the Welsh men’s rugby union team’s performance over the last 18 months or so as they lost 17 matches in a row. Whilst Liz Truss might be feeling like Stalin being denounced by her successors such as was with the not very The Secret Speech if the Tories are to…
In the constituency part of next year’s Holyrood election it will make tactical voting. a challenge and blunt a key SNP strategy, if this front page had any impact it makes the result rather impressive for Labour. TSE
After smashing the SNP in last year’s general election Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour won the Hamilton, Larkhall, and Stonehouse by-election quite unexpectedly and there’s quite a lot to unpack, in no particular order TSE
Only people who thought Liz Truss would be/was a successful Prime Minister are shocked to see Trump and Musk have fallen out. TSE
The next London mayoral election is scheduled to take place in 2028 and under first past the post anything could happen, it is entirely possible the winning candidate polls sub 20% as the centre-left vote fractures. I cannot see any value here other than say a cheeky tenner on Jeremy Corbyn at 20/1 or Ant Middleton at 12/1. TSE PS – It might be in Labour’s interest to lose the London mayoral election to the Tories or Reform on a…
A former special adviser once observed to me one of the main advantages of being in government is that you get to set the agenda in a way no other party can, they likened it to winning the toss in every cricket match or having first serve in every game of tennis but Sir Keir Starmer appears not to have learned this lesson yet. No wonder the public thinks Reform are setting the agenda and until Starmer can change the…