The city of Gaza was where I first met my wife
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…
Memo to Sunak: Tweeting pics from a private jet isn’t smart
This doesn’t look good for the SNP at the general election
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…
LAB strong favourites to gain Mid-Beds
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…
Thistle do very nicely for Starmer and the Union
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
Is LAB going to make a by-election gain tonight?
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
The critical question a Mid-Beds voter wanted Starmer to answer.
There is lovely story going around Mid Beds where the by-election takes place a fortnight today. This has become a fight between LAB, the Tories and LDs with all three parties fighting very hard and one voter being canvassed by LAB demanded that he be able to put a question to the LAB leader. He wouldn’t say what this was so Starmer is said to have paid him a visit. The question turned out to be quite simple – was…