That world cloud from Savanta was published earlier on this week and it looks not only damaging for the Tories as the next general election but for a generation in the same way the Tories successfully used the winter of discontent for over a decade to win four general elections in a row. The news that broke on Friday evening that Sunak’s cost saving exercise on HS2 could end up costing more and the HS2 extension to Euston may not…
With Israel and Gaza totally dominating the news agenda it prompts my own personal memories of the area particularly because it was in Gaza City that I first met my wife, Jacky. This was in 1968 the year after the six day war when both of us were on a trip for students that had been organised by a body that existed to get backing for the then relatively new state of Israel. We had flown in overnight and Gaza…
How many Westminster seats will the SNP end up with? This is a very big point about the by-election on how the SNP is struggling with Scottish voters. The answer of course is not many. At GE2019 a total of 49 of the 59 Scottish seats went to the SNP. There will be different boundaries and fewer Scottish seats and it is hard to see the SNP total being in double figures. This means there could be getting on for…
After the LAB success in Scotland the party has big hopes of gaining the next by-election to come up – Mid Beds a week on Thursday. But this is proving to be a tough fight with both the LDs and the Tories working very hard. I would not be betting on LAB at current odds because the LDs are going full throttle here while the Tories are working hard to save the seat. Let us not forget that in the…
If Unionist tactical voting occurs at the next general election in Scotland then that bodes ill for the SNP as it looks like the red rose is going to become the flower of Scotland again. TSE
The betting suggests an SNP loss There has been very little coverage of this election simply because it looks like a near certainty for Starmer’s party. Indeed the big surprise would be LAB not making the gain. Mike Smithson