One day I suspect soon we’re going to wake up and end up quoting former Governor of the Falkland Islands Sir Rex Hunt and say ”sounds like the buggers mean it. What I found interesting from a domestic political point of view was Kemi Badenoch saying she agrees with Sir Keir Starmer, Nigel Farage’s comments may come back to haunt him. TSE
Screenshot: From the website of The Times Whenever I try and understand Sir Keir Starmer’s government I am reminded of the quote by Sir Anthony Beever about Operation Market Garden, ‘it was a bad plan right from the start and right from the top’ and this story just reinforces that belief. Why would you needlessly cause yourself grief by sacking Wes Streeting, it might ensure a leadership contest does happen this year, this is in the days where there’s been…
Sadly this market doesn’t offer both sides of the bet so I am not interested, if he appeared it would give his opponents so many attack lines. I am also not sure the optics of Robert Jenrick being labelled as a traitor would be good, it really wouldn’t be a cunning stunt by Robert Jenrick. After her departure from Strictly Come Dancing I am mulling about backing Tess Daley at 8/1 to appear in the next series of Celebrity Traitors…
Even before Kemi Badenoch performed a political penectomy on Robert Jenrick I was dubious about the long term wisdom of Robert Jenrick defecting to Reform. He’s was the Tory party’s most effective politician in setting the agenda in a way Kemi Badenoch hasn’t been able to do so. Given Nigel Farage’s inability to work well with other, for example 40% of Reform MPs elected at the 2024 general election are no longer Reform MPs, but there’s many more examples I…
What a morning, I wasn’t expecting this, I thought Robert Jenrick wouldn’t defect as he would bide his time and look to remove Badenoch after the May elections. This certainly strengthens Kemi Badenoch’s position in the short term and will blunt any Jenrick defection. I might laugh so much I might injure myself if Nigel Farage now stops Jenrick defecting to Reform. Long term this might be sub-optimal for Kemi Badenoch, having previously spoken to people close to the Tory…
My knowledge of Iran is limited to what I read about its history and the Iranian heritage people I know so my comments should be seen in that light. It has been a sub-optimal few years for the leaders Iran, the leadership of their proxy Hezbollah have been eradicated, the regime has been impotent as first the Americans assassinated Qasem Soleimani, the Supreme Leader’s right hand man, then the Great Satan and Israel attacked Iran’s nuclear sites so they have…
Last week I noted that Sir Keir Starmer KC is using humour against his opponents and he has continued this week as well, I hope we get to see more of this side of Starmer, I am a strong believer in using humour to win people over and the use of the occasional innuendo also helps, people like smut. There’s a reason why we teach our children The Miller’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer at school. That story got me hooked…
During my lifetime I have been conditioned to expect nothing but Labour landslides in Wales, so I struggle to comprehend a poll that potentially shows Labour could finish fifth in Wales but there’s now enough evidence to suggest it really could happen in the way Labour were stramashed by the SNP, areas that were an electoral oasis for Labour end up becoming electoral deserts. Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru, is overseeing something special, he might end up saying…