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Even GE2019 CON voters overwhelmingly opposed There are so many things going on at the moment that the Rees-Mogg move to end distant voting by MPs didn’t get much attention apart from the pictures of the queuing arrangements. Quite why the government backed the measure is even more questionable now we’ve got some YouGov polling on what voters think. As can be seen above just 17% of Tory voters gave it their backing. It is issues like this when politicians…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vsSHyjEMrg Tonight on YouTube starting at 7pm there’s a rerun of what to me is best play about politics in years – James Graham’s “This House” chronicling the period 1974 until Mrs. Thatcher’s victory in 1979. It is set in the whips offices of both Labour and Tories from the February 1974 election being called through to 1979. We watch first the period when Labour tried operate without a majority and then as it tries to govern with a majority…

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But what will the pollsters find? I’d be very surprised if we see a poll tonight on the Cummings press conference but surely we will get something during the day time. Although, as he set it out, Dom had understandable reasons for his approach it was very much out of line with what he should have been doing in late March and early April and what a big proportion of the population were doing. What I find really odd is…

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Starmer has indicated that he’ll table an amendment to the Immigration bill which would force a a Commons vote on the issue. In the post linked to by Katy Balls in her Tweet she noted: “Behind the scenes, the number of would-be rebels is growing – they are not the usual suspects. ‘There’s a big sense of momentum,’ says one MP who is considering their position. ‘The government need to move pretty quickly’. Among those expressing concerns are several of the new intake…

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