London and Scotland polling finds support for all year BST Each year on the day the clocks move back I get really irritated because to me it is crazy. During the winter the amount of daylight hours is very limited so why not make it so that we can enjoy what there is to the maximum. Instead, we have light mornings and things go dark in the mid to late afternoon. I am glad to see that I am not…
Just look at some of the sporting knighthoods awarded the last twenty-five years. Sir Lewis Hamilton, Sir Andy Murray, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Robson, Sir Kenny Dalglish, Sir Geoff Hurst, Sir Mo Farah, Sir Bradley Wiggins, Sir Geoff. Boycott, Sir Andrew Strauss, Sir Alastair Cook, Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent, Sir Clive Woodward, Sir Ian McGeechan, and Sir Ben Ainslie. Looking at that not quite exhaustive list there’s a thread of them being (world) record breaking/world/European champions/Olympic winning…
Many people, myself included, think based on the current polling and historical precedents, the government are on course to win a majority at the the next general election. Yet there’s a nagging feeling that there could be a black swan or just a regular swan that might upend those assumptions about the next general election. Looking at those findings from YouGov atop this thread, there’s potential for a cost of living crisis damaging the government. It is possible that any…
Even though it is more than three years away betting on the next White House race remains active and as can be seen the loser who refused to admit defeat. Trump, is clear favourite and he continues to totally dominate Republican politics. Much of that power would be diluted if he ruled out a run. Biden who will be 79 next month remains politically active but it is hard seeing someone in their early 80s, as he would be, having…
Next Thursday, America once again goes the polls. Or a few bits of it do, which hold so called ‘Off-year’ elections between four year Presidential cycles and the two year Congressional cycle. The highlight of these ‘Mid-Mid-Terms’ is undeniably Virginia, being the only statewide race which is really competitive. For a few decades Virginia has been trending steadily more blue and shouldn’t really be a sweat for the Democrats to hold, but sweating bullets is precisely what Democrats are now…
Forget current betting favourite and twice leadership failure Andy Burnham the next party leader will surely come from the above trio who have all come to the fore in the past month. Lisa Nandy has been looking like a strong contender for some time while the response by Rachel Reeves to the budget on Wednesday put her solidly within the frame. Last night on Question Time Bridget Phillipson showed why she should be taken seriously. Faced with the sheer competence…
Smarkets are keeping up their weekly local council by-election bet. Tonight there are eight contests and the one chosen is Currock & Upperby on Carlisle council This was the result in a three member ward when contested in May 2019. Lab 798, 667, 555UKIP 556Cons 326, 293, 283Green 251Lib Dem 237 The UKIP councillor has since died. My money would be on Labour.
The one person who appears to have come out best from the Budget is the Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves who gave the first response in place of Starmer who is isolating because of COVID. Normally this is a role for the opposition leader and Reeves used her opportunity in the limelight to maximum effect. She looked confident and has generally got good reviews. The Mirror had it “‘Demolition woman Rachel Reeves smashed the Chancellor’s Budget brick by brick’”. These are…