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Ukraine matters

Ukraine matters

Since Donald Trump’s second inauguration things aren’t looking well for Ukraine and Brits realise the outcome of the war is key to our national interest which presents problems for Nigel Farage and Reform. Nigel Farage looks set to play the role of Orville the Duck to Donald Trump’s Keith Harris which I think will go down very badly with the public and coupled with yesterday’s news that ‘The former leader of Reform UK in Wales accepted bribes in exchange for…

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By-election betting

By-election betting

With Mike Amesbury being sentenced today (and him appealing) the recall process will be slightly paused, I suspect we will see a by election at some point this year. Ladbrokes have a market on a potential by election. I still think Labour has a chance of holding the seat but I understand why people will want to back Reform. TSE

The German election thread

The German election thread

I am intrigued to see if the interventions by the new American administration starts impacting election outcomes in other countries, such as Germany and Canada, we won’t have long to wait to see with the former. TSE

Oh Bobby J, hoist with his own petard

Oh Bobby J, hoist with his own petard

Whilst your own bio isn’t a CV it does blunt the Tory attacks on the likes of Reeves and Reynolds, it also reinforces the impression that both front benches are a seraglio of eunuchs. TSE

PB Predictions Competition 2025 – The Entries

PB Predictions Competition 2025 – The Entries

For those curious about the PB Prediction Competition, the full list of entries can be found in this spreadsheet.   PB Prediction Competition 2025 – Entries Most of the questions won’t be settled until the end of the year, although we do have one which should be answered very soon:  Question 7. Number of seats won by the AfD in the 2025 German Federal Election. For Question 7. we have a low entry of 88 AfD seats, a high of 200,…

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The Lib Dems are carving out a strong anti Trump position

The Lib Dems are carving out a strong anti Trump position

The Lib Dems are setting themselves as the one GB wide party who are unambiguously publicly anti Trump which may lead to a polling boost for them if Trump’s appeasement of Putin/sellout of Ukraine continues, Tim Farron shows how they are utilising that approach. The intervention from Liz Truss also confirms that Kemi Badenoch was absolutely right when she wanted Liz Truss to shut up TSE