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LAB YouGov lead down to 2% but Johnson trails Starmer by 7% as “best PM” – politicalbetting.com
LAB YouGov lead down to 2% but Johnson trails Starmer by 7% as “best PM” – politicalbetting.com
The voting numbers were: Lab: 37% (-2 from 24-25 Feb) Con: 35% (+1) Green: 8% (+2) Lib Dem: 7% (-2) SNP: 5% (n/c) Reform UK: 5% (n/c)
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https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1501184430198730753
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Or even fifth. I don't believe for one minute that the Greens are in any sort of position to win more votes at a GE than the yellows.
He makes noises about welcoming refugees while there are unaccountable delays in actually processing and receiving them. This is trying to play both to sensible people who want to see a larger number of refugees allowed into this country and also that element of the Get Brexit Done Tory voters who simply don't like foreigners.
When this has all died down he can say to both groups - see I was on your side.
There is also the massive incompetent twat theory overlay that says he is trying to do something but is simply unable to do so. It's a pretty reliable overlay for anything Johnson does, of course.
Craig Overton is never a test bowler and now 27. I really don't know why England keep calling him up.
But on closer inspection there is something that's not quite right.
The missile is behind the middle green post but the white car it has totalled seems to be this side of it. Could it be a photo-shopped image?
I dunno.
https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/usercode.py?scotcontrol=Y&CON=35&LAB=37&LIB=7&Reform=5&Green=8&UKIP=&TVCON=&TVLAB=&TVLIB=&TVReform=&TVGreen=&TVUKIP=&SCOTCON=18.3&SCOTLAB=20.2&SCOTLIB=6.6&SCOTReform=0.9&SCOTGreen=3&SCOTUKIP=&SCOTNAT=48&display=AllChanged&regorseat=(none)&boundary=2019nbbase
Albeit Starmer would still likely become PM if he could get SNP and LD support
I think my point is if England are trying to rebuild, picking a 27 year old, who despite looking like he should be able to bowl quick, can't, and isn't getting any better year on year. Bowling mid 80s in modern cricket anywhere other than England just isn't good enough unless you bend it like a banana with fantastic control i.e. Anderson.
That doesn't mean YouGov are doing things badly.
We offer to take 500k Ukrainian refugees... and we build a city to house them. Let's call it New Kyiv, and let's put it somewhere in the red wall. Tons of new construction work, infrastructure, jobs. Levelling up. We have built "new towns" before so a completely planned new town (or two) isn't beyond the realms of possibilities. Starting with tents tomorrow, prefabs next month and real bricks and mortar by next year.
A shining example of our solidarity with our Ukrainian brothers and sisters, and even if the damn thing never gets built, it's a headline grabber for Big Dog.
9.50am: Not far from the
inevitable England collapsestart of the morning session in Antigua1) Twitter is not an editor that creates content, it is a publishing platform. Therefore you will find the (free) insights from some very highly informed people on there, not just teenagers re-enacting call of duty. It’s not a secret which are which.
2) Older generations can confer tremendous wisdom on many matters and that is why human societies have for thousands of years tended to structure decision making among the elders. However the change of pace of the modern world undermines this somewhat. There are timeless problems, most notably those around the human condition, about which the young would do well to listen to their elders rather than petulantly shout “ok boomer”. There are others where the rapid rate of change of technology means the reverse is true. This probably extends to matters such as the environment and the economy.
I wonder how many more of our ideas they will adopt to get over the line.
Hopefully we get to rebuild new cities in Ukraine.
It’s -3 degrees. People have been waiting in this queue for 3 hours.
There are children here. An 84 year old woman.
And plenty of room inside, but they won’t open the door.
https://twitter.com/mattuthompson/status/1501175179329916930
The New York Times
@nytimes
The influx of Ukrainian refugees into Poland has prompted a grassroots movement across Polish society, as people raise funds and offer help. The warm welcome stands in stark contrast to how refugees from other countries have been received.
https://nyti.ms/35YUoSc
The photo is illustrative, women and children heading over temporarily, with men staying behind to fight. And that is why Ukraine stands a chance. All your males between 18 and 60 is one hell of an army.
But it takes continuous effort to cull the dross.
He's been awful over Covid, and instead of sending weapons to Ukraine, he'd probably find a reason to send them to Russia.
And I also see Chris Williamson's been making an idiot of himself on Twitter: calling on Zelensky to agree to all of Russia's demands.
This comes a day after Truss incorrectly claimed the same about
@RhonddaBryant and was forced to apologise.
https://twitter.com/AdamJSchwarz/status/1501195997866831877
Is that the West's "fault"? You tell me.
It is of course a crazy idea. But is it really any crazier than any of Boris's previous ideas?
https://twitter.com/GernotWagner/status/1500990662887489536
(Not sure what the big Liquorice Allsort is.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-07/eu-aims-to-cut-dependence-on-russian-gas-by-almost-80-this-year?sref=1fgx274d
Nice comment:
Back to energy prices (this isn't just thrown together nonsense), the aforementioned Tesco's is now charging 153.9p per litre for Unleaded, up 5p in the past week.
Can't believe this isn't going to cause some issues as companies try to recover costs through price rises and then workers seek to regain living standards by wage rises so will we see a new round of industrial militancy?
Is it 5/2 someone in the Government will before long bring a great old cliche out of retirement such as "one man's wage increase is another man's price increase"? It's been nearly fifty years since the fun and games of wage increases chasing price inflation but could nostalgia be back on the agenda?
I would have thought it would be very easy (if expensive) to cut gas imports in 4-5 years though a combination of LNG terminals, Fracking, new Pipes, green energy, insulation, and so on. but the problem was/is that very little of that would come on stream before next winter.
https://order-order.com/2022/03/08/listen-belligerent-bercow-rants-at-bbc-presenter-over-bullying-verdict/
Bercow is administratively suspended from Labour, whatever that means
A much more propitious time to invade? except Putin didn't.
Bad adventure for Matteo Salvini at the Ukrainian-Polish border:
The mayor of Przemys refused to go with him and showed the Putin t-shirt worn by the leader of the League in the European Parliament a few years ago: "No respect for you"
https://twitter.com/marcobreso/status/1501201298762485761
1. A serial bully
2. A serial liar
As a Buckingham Constituency resident I concur with this judgement.
In the circs with blanket coverage of his saying nice things about Ukraine, I think Johnson will be a bit disappointed not to be bounding back into the lead. As in the peak of the pandemic, though, normal poloitics has been suspended and we won't really know where we are until the issue subsides.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10589483/Bullying-ex-Speaker-John-Bercow-banned-Parliament-LIFE-appalling-treatment-staff.html
If you read the header all will become clear anyway. Starmer is ahead of Johnson on preferred PM and Labour for the moment (at least) are still just ahead of the Churchillian Johnson Conservatives.