My view is that the economy is what primarily decides general elections and the first finding from More in Common shows where Reform’s economic polices that would make Liz Truss blush are seen a risk. The voters will find with a Reform government the dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed. However the good news for Reform is after the disaster that was Liz Truss and the inutility of Rachel Reeves means the risks about a Reform government might be negated,…
I am not sure this polling matters, I remember the Labour Party very divided in the run up to the 2017 general election and whilst Jeremy Corbyn still lost the election finishing 64 seats of a majority he could have become Prime Minister if the seat distribution had been slightly different. TSE
If you are a believer in the mantra that is ‘the trend is your friend’ then Irish unity feels inevitable but I cannot spot any value in the markets offered by Ladbrokes. My own hunch is the 7% who favour Northern Irish independence would overwhelmingly back reunification in any actual plebiscite. TSE
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I suspect what is driving this is that there’s an expectation there will be swingback to the government by the time of the next election and that most of the centre-left will coalesce behind Labour to stop Farage becoming Prime Minister. TSE
If the current narrative holds for the next few years then the focus will be on what a Reform government will do when they take power and on some areas that could be a weakness and damage their chances of taking power. One area is the DOGE angle, given how unpopular Trump and Musk are with the British public then Labour, the Tories, and the Lib Dems will focus on this if they are wise, the outcome of the British…
The Tory party are correct for apologising the Liz Truss premiership which in terms of disasters was the equivalent of The Hindenburg meets Chernobyl meets the fall of Singapore meets the Welsh men’s rugby union team’s performance over the last 18 months or so as they lost 17 matches in a row. Whilst Liz Truss might be feeling like Stalin being denounced by her successors such as was with the not very The Secret Speech if the Tories are to…
In the constituency part of next year’s Holyrood election it will make tactical voting. a challenge and blunt a key SNP strategy, if this front page had any impact it makes the result rather impressive for Labour. TSE