BoJo’ s controversial burka comments don’t seem to have hurt him in the TMay successor betting

BoJo’ s controversial burka comments don’t seem to have hurt him in the TMay successor betting

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But they could make it harder getting on the ballot With TMay herself now joining those attacking BoJo for his Burka comments the big danger he faces is not being able to get enough fellow CON MPs to support him in the first rounds of voting to get on the ballot. It is precisely this type of comment that raises big question marks over his judgement. It appears to be attention-seeking. I’ve little doubt that if he got to the…

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Tonight’s special congressional election in Ohio could be a good pointer to November’s mid-terms

Tonight’s special congressional election in Ohio could be a good pointer to November’s mid-terms

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There’s a big “special” Congressional election ta1king place in Ohio’s 12th district which was won by the Republicans by 12 points in 2012 and 2016 – the former by Romney and the latter by Trump. The President has clearly earmarked this as a must hold and has played a key part in the campaign. The signs are that it could be close. The two final polls suggest that this is a toss-up. Emerson has the Democratic contender 1% ahead while…

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Analysing the weekend’s extraordinary Twitter storm targeting LAB Deputy Leader, Tom Watson

Analysing the weekend’s extraordinary Twitter storm targeting LAB Deputy Leader, Tom Watson

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Anatomy Of A Tweetstorm: Looking At The Numbers Behind #ResignWatson https://t.co/bG4SZBmBVA pic.twitter.com/MMiSfy7VgZ — Gizmodo UK (@GizmodoUK) August 7, 2018 One cultist alone sent 613 Tweets There’s a great analysis published overnight on the tech site, GizmodoUK on the extraordinary effort over the weekend against Labour’s elected deputy leader, Tom Watson. This is from the site’s analysis: “In the hour from 7pm-8pm, including retweets, 29,844 #ResignWatson tweets were sent. Excluding retweets, there was 6149 unique tweets sent in the space of…

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Topping, who served with the British Army in Northern Ireland during the troubles, on Ulster and Brexit

Topping, who served with the British Army in Northern Ireland during the troubles, on Ulster and Brexit

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Kenneth Allen / Bloody Sunday mural, Bogside Why the border issue is so important to both sides Why, when we’re busy trying to Brexit, is everyone hung up on Northern Ireland? Why should we let this small part of the UK, with a population just larger than Newcastle’s, dictate seemingly our entire Brexit settlement? Terrorism, people say. But we don’t give in to terrorists, so why does Northern Ireland and its terrorists get such special treatment? For most people in the UK,…

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Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson feels the heat after publicly attacking Jezza on antisemitism

Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson feels the heat after publicly attacking Jezza on antisemitism

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Corbynistas are now fighting the man who triggered the 2006 move against Blair Perhaps the biggest development within Labour’s antisemitism row over the weekend has been the assertion by the deputy leader, Tom Watson, that he does not follow the Corbyn line. It sometimes feels like people have been calling for me to stand down from day one but I never, ever thought I’d be facing demands to #resignwatson for standing up for people who are facing prejudice and hate….

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History suggests one of Philip Hammond, Jeremy Hunt, and Sajid Javid will be Theresa May’s successor if she goes before the next election

History suggests one of Philip Hammond, Jeremy Hunt, and Sajid Javid will be Theresa May’s successor if she goes before the next election

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On all seven occasions since World War II when parties have changed PM mid term the new PM has always been an incumbent of a great office of state. On three occasions the incumbent Foreign Secretary has taken over, Sir Anthony Eden succeeding Sir Winston Churchill in 1955, Alec Douglas-Home succeeding Harold MacMillan in 1963, and James Callaghan succeeding Harold Wilson in 1976. On three occasions the incumbent Chancellor of the Exchequer has taken over, in 1957 Harold MacMillan succeeding…

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Why I’m expecting Boris to fail in his bid to be Theresa May’s successor

Why I’m expecting Boris to fail in his bid to be Theresa May’s successor

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Picture: ConHome next Tory leader polling from December 2015 Following the recent ConHome polling Mike noted that Boris Johnson had once again become the favourite to be Theresa May’s successor but I’m going to explain why I’m continuing on laying Boris as next Tory leader/PM. 1) Polls are not immutable. Look at the picture atop this thread, back in December 2015 George Osborne had led the ConHome poll for a fifth successive month, polls are not static, they can rapidly…

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