Punters think today was a good day for Wes Streeting
I think it is amusing that Angela Rayner is still rated as a better chance of becoming PM than the Chancellor which says so much about tenure of Rachel Reeves. TSE
Oh, Angie, don’t you weep
I am intrigued to see who ends up as the new deputy leader, we should see some betting markets on this soon. TSE
Like Churchill will Boris Johnson defect from the Tories?
I am not sure there’s any value in these markets. There’s too much ego involved for this to work even before we consider Nigel Farage inability to work well with others. Would Nigel Farage really want to allow the man behind the Boriswave into his party? As for Nadine Dories, I am a huge fan of Nadine Dorries, as Ladbrokes allude to, her predictions for next Tory leaders/exits are a real money spinner from a punter’s perspective if you bet…
Angela’s ambitions in ashes?
Whilst I will go to my grave saying conveyancers aren’t lawyers this isn’t a good look for Angela Rayner, punters certainly agree. What will ultimately cause Rayner’s downfall is the hypocrisy angle and the fact she’s blaming her advisers who are fighting back and making Rayner look at best disingenuous. TSE PS – Hat-tip to TheUnionDivvie for the headline
Why Reform winning the next election isn’t the certainty some think it is
Despite being potentially four years away, some people, particularly on social media (I know) think Reform will win the next election, I have my doubts, for the following reasons As we can see from the above polling from YouGov (which is from a longer series of posts) that voters would prefer a Labour/Starmer led government rather than a Reform/Farage led government after the next election. We saw this kind of polling between 2010 and 2015 when Labour often led by…
It’s Not About You
There is much unintentional black humour in the latest imbroglio involving the writer of Black Books. Humour yes, but oodles of hypocrisy, a great big dollop of dishonesty and sloping shoulder syndrome from the Met (not to mention the incompetence and failure to think through the consequences of their actions we have come to know and love), ambitious politicians spotting a cause (the “Jenrick Syndrome” ably deployed by Wes Streeting (I know, the surprise!) and, mirabile dictu, an answer to…
This is not a good look for the Deputy Prime Minister
The Guardian and others report Angela Rayner has admitted that she underpaid stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside flat, after coming under intense pressure to be more transparent about her property arrangements. The deputy prime minister has referred herself to the prime minister’s ethics adviser after confirming she will have to pay more of the property tax. She incorrectly paid the lower rate on the apartment in Hove, she said. Experts have said the bill could run to as much…
The public do not expect Starmer to be Lab leader at the next election
If the public are right then punters might want to take the 8/13 Ladbrokes are, but the time value of money might not be attractive to some. TSE