From Mike Smithson – a personal note
Just to say that I’m not able to post at the moment for family matters. Hopefully I’ll return quite soon.
Apathy in the UK
Just one in 1 in 5 Brits would be upset if Northern Ireland left the UK which should really alarm Unionists in Northern Ireland. I’m not surprised by this polling, back in 2019 YouGov found members of the Conservative and UNIONIST Party, radicalised by Brexit, were prepared to destroy the Union to get their precious Brexit. Theoretically these members should be the most pro-Union people in the country. Unlike Scotland, the benchmark for a plebiscite in Northern Ireland is on…
The new shy Tories?
This is fascinating, the write up in The Times says Polling for The Times shows that almost a third of all voters either don’t know how they will cast their ballot or say they won’t vote at all. It shows that if an election were to be held tomorrow — and the option were available — “don’t know” would be the UK’s third largest party with 16 per cent of the vote — 2 per cent behind the Tories. Tory…
Have we seen peak SNP?
Today’s Sunday Times is reporting that The SNP is running out of cash following an exodus of 30,000 members and the unexpected legal costs linked to the continuing police investigation into the party’s funding, its ruling council has been told. Colin Beattie, the SNP treasurer, told the national executive committee (NEC) that the party was “having difficulty in balancing the books due to the reduction in membership and donors” and that fighting a potential by-election in Rutherglen & Hamilton West…
Tonight’s Opinium
Tonight’s Opinium will be reassure Starmer and Labour, there was a fear that we could soon see a single digit Labour lead which would lead to some awkward conversations for Starmer. There’s been no terrible backlash for Starmer over those posters. The fifth tweet in this header beautifully sums up the shortness of the Liz Truss premiership. TSE
David Davis slams the voter ID requirement
Former senior Tory and leadership contender, David Davis has become the latest to slam the new voting arrangements that come into effect at the May 4th local elections. Then all those turning up at the polling station to vote will be required to show an apporoved voter ID document. He argues that this is going to reduce turnout and make the whole process much more complicated. All of this was forced through by.BoJo in the hope, I assume, that it…
Just 3 of the April polls have LAB 20% or more ahead
Abandoning Housing targets – Sunak’s election losing mistake?
This could bite him during the general election campaign. Make no mistake the subject of housing is very important to large sections of the population and for the government to have abandoned its policy is very dangerous indeed. What makes this even more damaging to the Tories is the reason Sunak has given for the change MIKE SMITHSON