This is the highest YouGov has ever reported Exactly a month on from now we will be pouring over the latest local election results and if the national polls are in any way indicative then the Tories are going to be in for a dreadful night. I’ve almost stopped noticing the voting intention poles because the collapse of the Tory vote and the rise of Labour has been so pronounced and it is very hard to see a possible recovery…
One thing’s clear – this won’t help the effort for Scottish independence There is a very big story to be told but as yet we have very little idea as to what it is. What is extraordinary is that someone who appeared as powerful and very much as part of the furniture as Sturgeon is now being probed in a manner that few could have envisaged a couple of days ago. The real big loser here is the effort to…
His predecessor was Corbyn The Tweet from Election Maps shows vividly the change in party fortunes since early April 2020 when Starmer become Labour leader and, of COURSE, Leader of the Opposition. This was at a time when COVID dominated everything and we had just gone into lockdown. So only a part of Labour’s improvement can be put down to the new leader. Other bigger things were happening. I tthink Starmer has done reasonably well and in the past 8…
In the betting Trump now a 29% chance to win WH2024 The first thing I hope we will get is the detail of each of the charges against the former President. At the moment we don’t know. Mike Smithson
The Tories know this very well which is why they always seek to attack Starmer by highlighting his role as part of Corbyn’s cabinet. The current leader’s action against his predecessor would seem to be absolutely right electorally. Corbyn was a total disaster for the party at GE2019 and the more Starmer can go on with these measures the harder it is for the Tories to attack. Corbyn’s leadership of the party was the main thrust of Johnson’s 2019 General…
Tomorrow is a massive day in US politics when the former president goes on criminal trial in New York for actions in the WH2016 when it is alleged he paid Stormy Daniel to keep quiet about their relationship. He is the first former American president ever to go on criminal trial and undoubtedly what happens will divide the nation. That he could have been indicted is extraordinary and no doubt every effort will be made to ensure there won’t be…