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Just imagine Boris Johnson had actually survived putting a known sexual predator in a position of authority and then lying about it, he then survived being suspended for 90 days from the House of Commons for lying to the Commons over partygate. These two events alone would have ensured the Tories doing worse than they currently are, a mixture of hypocrisy and the fact there weren’t enough Tory MPs willing to serve under Boris Johnson to allow a functioning government…

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There is a big political row growing over the plans to have a pro-Palestinian march this Sunday which of course is Remembrance Day. Sunak has decided to back the Israelis while many others believe the other side has right on its side. The two front pages above sum up the argument on the planned marches and I totally support the view of the Met that it shouldn’t be their role to decide which marches should take place. Mike Smithson

With pessimism rising I am not sure this the ideal launchpad for a succesful general election campaign for the Tories. TSE

I’ve said for a while Susan Hall was congenitally a terrible candidate for London and this poll backs up that feeling. Those hoping ULEZ would damage Khan are going to be disappointed by this poll. This poll has a London Westminster voting intention which sees a Labour lead of 35%, at the 2019 general election Labour led the Tories by 16.1% in the capital which means the Tories are on course for a world of hurt in London at the…

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Currently Donald Trump is the betting favorite to be the winner of the 2024 presidential election. He is marginally ahead in the betting of the incumbent Joe Biden One of the factors that doesn’t seem to be taken into account is that there are strong legal moves that would effectively stop Trump from being on the ballot in several states. This has already happened in Colorado. A huge hurdle that Trump will have to surmount is the 14th amendment to…

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This might reinforce the view that Sunak is out of touch and leads an out of touch government whereas Starmer is tribunus plebis and so is his cabinet. The fact so many of Starmer’s cabinet went to state school is likely to explain their war on brilliant parents who contribute their taxes to state education but send their children to private schools as not to take away resources from the less fortunate. TSE

Remember Ukraine ? Since 7th October the war in the East of Europe has been pretty much forgotten.  The Grim Reaper has probably taken a bigger toll in October in Ukraine than he has in the Middle East but that’s no longer news. And still the fighting goes on. The Russians have been throwing lots of their troops into attacks to absorb Ukraine’s efforts. The attacks have a times resembled the second world war with barely trained troops attacking in…

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The pandemic might be over but the legacy of it is likely to have a suboptimal impact on the Tories. TSE