Make your suggestions
I’d like to see the number of times Labour lead in a GB wide Westminster poll conducted by a BPC registered pollster. TSE
We need to talk about abolishing the budget
Speaking to somebody who spent several years working at 1 Horse Guards Road and they also advocate abolishing the budget because it is the enemy of good governance and decision making. Their analogy was when new cars registrations used to taek place in August, it utterly distorted things and ensured far too much happened in a few weeks rather than evenly spread throughout the year. I am becoming persuaded by this argument. TSE
Voters back restricting trial by jury (but not for themselves)
A bit like increasing taxes voters are in favour abolishing trial by jury but not for themselves. For the first polling question I expect support for proposals will fall as the opposition grows to this fundamental part of our legal system is upended. TSE
A 28% return in just over a month?
Whilst this was a feisty performance from Kemi Badenoch I do not anticipate Rachel Reeves departing this yeas. TSE
What the public expects from the budget
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The politics of envy
One of the main reasons I didn’t become a politician is my utter contempt for the public and when I see polling like this it reaffirms my decision. This polling is part of some wider polling by YouGov as we approach tomorrow’s budget, I feel sorry for the politicians that have to appease the public when they are in this mood. Increasing taxes on the rich despite it reducing the tax raised is a it like peeing your pants, it…
Ed Miliband has the support to become Prime Minister
If you’re not mentally prepared for the possibility of Ed Miliband becoming Prime Minister then you should be. My logic since September 2024 when I tipped him at 100/1 was that he was very popular with Labour members who have the final say on who becomes Labour leader. This poll of Labour members reaffirms my thinking, as of 6:55 today you can back Ed Miliband as the next Prime Minister at 14s on Betfair and that still seems like value….
Are we about to see the greatest comeback since Lazarus?
I thought it was very unlikely that given the nature of her resignation that Angela Rayner could succeed Sir Keir Starmer now I am not sure and perhaps a punt on her to succeed Sir Keir Starmer might be worth it. TSE