Until the YouGov CON 13% lead is supported by other polling then it should be treated as an outlier

Until the YouGov CON 13% lead is supported by other polling then it should be treated as an outlier

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It is now nearly a week since we got YouGov’s shock 13% CON lead poll which was pretty much out of kilter with other polls before it and we have not had another voting survey to indicate whether this pointed to a new trend or was simply an outlier. Normally in the weekends after budgets we get a number of polls but, alas, that has not happened and the YouGov 13% lead which was published last Thursday continues to be…

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Given what everybody is talking about it we probably need a thread on this

Given what everybody is talking about it we probably need a thread on this

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I had not planned to run a thread on tonight’s big interview but this is what everybody seems to be talking about so here it is. Like many, I guess, I follow the affairs of the Royal Family from the standpoint of Netfiix’s hit series “The Crown” – so about 20 years behind. and it is going to be many years before that will cover Prince Harry’s marriage to Meghan and all that followed. I thought the point made by…

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The Boris numbers in these comparisons with Rishi and Keir should be worrying for the Tories

The Boris numbers in these comparisons with Rishi and Keir should be worrying for the Tories

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The above YouGov polling came out last week but got overshadowed by the budget and I think they should be highlighted. For in all the comparisons listed Johnson trails behind Sunak and in all but two of them Starmer as well. The competence split where the Chancellor has a huge net lead over the PM is very striking. Just 34% regard the latter as competent compared with 52% who don’t. None of the three come out of the trustworthy question…

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As schools in England re-open CON members give EdSec Williamson a MINUS 44% rating

As schools in England re-open CON members give EdSec Williamson a MINUS 44% rating

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A former Lib Dem anti-monarchy campaigner tops the list I always like this monthly table from ConsrrvativeHome which seeks to show what party members think of the Cabinet. This is one area where the EdSec Gavin Williamson has really struggled and as can be seen he is down to a net minus rating of 43.6% in the latest survey. These are terrible figures and must cast doubt his political future. In the betting Williamson is favourite to be the next…

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Things to look forward to in 2021: An exciting by-election

Things to look forward to in 2021: An exciting by-election

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Yorkshire, once again, may prove to be the most important place in the United Kingdom, if not the world. In May there’s a plethora of elections that will have profound implications for the United Kingdom, Scotland’s election is likely to be primus inter pares but the result with the most seismic changes could be the aftershocks of the election for Mayor of West Yorkshire. The 1/10 favourite is Labour’s Tracy Babin who has said if she wins she will resign…

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Like Brian Rose, Laurence Fox seems like a clear lay for London Mayor

Like Brian Rose, Laurence Fox seems like a clear lay for London Mayor

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Last night it was announced Laurence Fox was going to stand in the election for Mayor of London, he’s got until the end of the month to get his nomination papers submitted, so he’s not announced this too late. I just have the feeling that London is absolutely the worst place in the country for a party led by Laurence Fox to do well with his messaging. I suspect the electorate of London will make Fox feel like he’s a…

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If like me you thought your AstroZeneca jab was second best some good news

If like me you thought your AstroZeneca jab was second best some good news

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When I got my jab at the end of January I was a little bit disappointed that it was the AstraZeneca and not the Pfizer one – after all the test results indicated that the latter was substantially better. Under the system that is going on in England you really have no choice as to which of the vaccines you get. It is possible to go to a particular vaccinations centre in the hope that you might be offered what…

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Where’s the strapline, Rishi?

Where’s the strapline, Rishi?

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The problem with Austerity II is that we’re not all in it together Rishi Sunak set out a reasonably coherent economic strategy for the rest of the parliament at his Budget this week. Not that you’d know, because it was buried well within the speech and neither media nor politicians have sought to engage on that level. This is a mistake from the government but is typical of its lack of strategic thinking and inability or unwillingness to develop an…

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