If Sunak is to deny Starmer a majority the vanguard of that is likely to be the 2019 Tory voters who are currently showing up as don’t knows so this analysis from YouGov is very interesting. CCHQ will be analysisng this as well. TSE
Who would have thought some 3000+ year old media advice would be still relevant today? The Israel-Hamas conflict has put reporting centre stage. The antagonism of both belligerents and their supporters towards each other is increasingly forcing the media to choose a side. For some it is quite simple Al Jazeera and GB News have already chosen, but for those seeking to maintain balance it is getting harder. The BBC so far has had a bad war, its efforts to…
I am surprised Rishi Sunak didn’t announce this change from his chopper or on a private plane. As somebody who has worked for over a decade in banking and financial services I know a wunch of bankers (sic) are as loved as a stepmother in a Disney film. I suspect this is another Truss/Kwarteng legacy that will damage the Tories at the next election and beyond. I am sure this is what the Red Wall voted for in 2016 and…
The rise and rise of the single issue activist have been one of the noteworthy features of the last 30 years. Whether it is gender, climate, dogs, cats, oil or housing there will be a pressure group full of activists ready to swing into action. Activists are focused on their pet project and are quite vocal about it too. And it’s not just individuals, often charities are corporate activists while receiving money from taxpayers. Issue activism has been living through…
One of the things that intrigues me about the current betting markets is that there is so little speculation on the future of the prime minister. Normally when a leader was so far behind in the polls port so long there would be lots of reports of rebellions in his or her party about being replaced. A lively betting market would be about who would be the next prime minister. Yet with 100+ Tory MPs set to lose their jobs…
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The Oxford Reference dictionary defines terrorism as: “The calculated use of violence or threat of violence to inculcate fear. Terrorism is intended to coerce or intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.” On the face of it this seems like a reasonable definition but, as we have seen in numerous examples over the last century, it is a definition that fails in the face of the complexities of asymmetric warfare and…