On Saturday when the story about James McMurdock broke punters took a dim view about the scandal but Reform have retaken their place as favourites for the most seats. Given his conviction for assaulting his girlfriend I don’t think Nigel Farage will be too upset by this scandal although it is another failure for Reform’s vetting process. TSE
Despite only being Prime Minister for forty-nine days Liz Truss managed to cement her name into the lexicon of UK politics, such as Trussing the markets when her mini budget spooked the markets because she proposing a massive increase in government spending and cuts to taxes which given the state of the public finances was not what the markets wanted to hear. If the Tory party is about to go the way of the Liberal party in the last century…
An assumption of many punters, myself included, have is that the second Trump presidency will be very bad for those voters who voted for it and they would reject Trump and the GOP in the midterms and in 2028 but that that assumption might be faulty as seen with the Trump voter in the tweet. Support for Trump really is cult like and plenty of his supporters truly are deranged. TSE
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Perhaps Corbyn has finally realised that for most of his life he ends up helping right wing parties. TSE
What I find interesting from this poll is that Scottish independence is the seventeenth most important issue for Scots. TSE
After the events of the last couple of days Ladbrokes have put up a market on the next Chancellor and if Reeves resigns or is replaced as Chancellor I think the value is with Yvette Cooper for two reasons. Due to Labour never having woman leader Labour and Starmer have made much of Rachel Reeves being the first woman Chancellor and if she is replaced they will choose another woman and secondly she’s appeared competent in a difficult role, relatively…
This feels like the Liz Truss premiership but with fewer lettuces as the authority of the Prime Minister and Chancellor getting shredded by their own party and the markets. I suspect neither Starmer & Reeves have the same fortitude that Margaret Thatcher & Sir Geoffrey Howe and David Cameron & George Osborne had during their first year in office. I hope Rachel Reeves is okay, politics is a brutal business and no hiding places particularly those in the more high…