Finally – FINALLY – I have something to live for: reading the final national report on the statutory grooming gangs inquiry just announced by the PM (ahead of this week’s Casey report recommending this) which should be published ….ooh, I dunno …. anything from 7 to 10 years hence. Or longer. Starmer seems unable to think more than one step ahead. Bizarre for a lawyer. It is one thing good lawyers should be able to do and having worked on…
One area I think Reform are vulnerable are on their DOGE mania which is backed up by the polls so I am not surprised by this poll. If Labour can maintain this sort of lead by election day then I think they will have a better result than the polls currently imply. The voters are rather passionate about the national religion that is the NHS. TSE
On Thursday the 12th of June 2025 Anno Domini, politicalbetting.com published an article headlined ‘Meet Reform’s new chairman’ David Bulll which was drenched in sarcasm about the former presenter of ‘Most Haunted’ following his interview with Richard Madeley. The polling from More in Common shows I was wrong and that Dr Bull is in fact the perfect candidate to be chairman of Reform, I would like to apologise to anybody hurt or offended by my sarcasm on Thursday. TSE
Based on comments by some on PB, the media, and indeed some fatalism within the Labour Party the outcome of the next election is already inevitable. I am reminded that at the end of May 2021 Labour were an implied 8.3% chance of winning a majority at the next general election, spoiler alert: Sir Keir Starmer won the next general election with a 174 seat majority, a lot of that was down to the Tories but it is a reminder…
As a good Muslim I have no theories why people vote based on alcoholic drink preference. TSE
I suspect Bibi’s legacy will not improve after the attack on Iran inside or outside Israel. TSE
I am liking this new professionalism from Reform appointing serious people for serious times, long may it continue. TSE
This is the second in a series looking at the challenges and opportunities for the 7 main Great Britain parties. This time we will look at Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalists. Plaid have received a very consistent share of the vote (apart from the very first Senedd election). In UK General Elections, they do slightly better in years when the Tories are doing badly. Geography I would recommend Tim Marshall’s Power of Geography books. These show how geography has impacted…