Why the polls might be underestimating Burnham – politicalbetting.com
Why the polls might be underestimating Burnham – politicalbetting.com
Past vote recall in the Makerfield polling is interesting because more people are remembering voting Labour in the 2024 general election, which is getting impacted by voting for Andy Burnham in May 2024 in Greater Manchester mayoral election.
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It’s the governments in London, Dublin and Stormont who don’t agree with that.
The circumstances are unique and should be viewed with that in mind .
BBC presenter Ashley Cain called women ‘slags’, ‘sluts’ and ‘bitches’
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/17/bbc-presenter-ashley-cain-called-women-slags-sluts-bitches
..BBC executives perceived Cain as someone who could appeal to younger male audiences, particularly on Instagram and YouTube. In a press release to announce season one of Into the Danger Zone, Ricky Cooper, a BBC commissioning editor, described Cain as someone who “connects with young men in a truly exceptional way”. In an event for the Royal Television Society in 2025, another BBC commissioning editor, Nasfim Haque, said: “Ashley is what BBC Three is about – a new talent giving us a new perspective.”..
The detail in the story is considerably worse than the headline. This character is vile, and has no place in public service broadcasting.
Maybe Sandy's dream was clairvoyant?*
*He reported having dreamt Burnham on 60%+.
About the percent he Tories will get
Have we heard from @Topping recently?
Michael McFaul
@McFaul
Iran won this war. By closing the Strait of Hormuz, they forced Trump to capitulate without achieving any of his major war objectives.
I hope future presidents will study the lessons of this defeat. Too many people died, and too much money was spent for nothing.
https://x.com/McFaul/status/2067236048439329212
(With the marmalade sandwich.)
Yeah, PM...
@ElectionMapsUK
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 27% (-2)
CON: 20% (+2)
LAB: 19% (-2)
LDM: 12% (+2)
GRN: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (+1)
RES: 2% (New)
Via @Survation, 11-15 Jun. Changes w/ 5 Mar.
Survation - Both Labour (268->243) and Reform (111->103) 2024GE voters are downweighted, Labour by a little bit more.
More in Common - Both Labour (577->367) and Reform (224->156) 2024GE voters are downweighted, though Labour by a little bit more.
Opinium - Sample has very little weighting to correct sample for 2024GE past vote.
So my assumption would have been that Labour voters would have been easier to find, and overrepresented in the sample compared to Reform voters, but there isn't much of a difference in national opinion polls.
Obviously getting a sample for a constituency poll is a lot harder, so not directly comparable to a national poll, but I think this is some supporting evidence for the idea in the header.
The next Labour leader must abandon the party’s crackdown on migration, the boss of Britain’s largest trade union has demanded.
Andrea Egan, the general secretary of Unison, described reforms to the asylum system brought forward by Sir Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood as “a betrayal of our most basic values”.
Her remarks will probably put Unison on a collision course with Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham, who are expected to challenge the Prime Minister after the Makerfield by-election on Thursday."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/06/17/makerfield-live-news-keir-starmer-labour-burnham-streeting/
https://www.itv.com/news/2026-06-17/starmer-warns-burnham-against-leadership-challenge-if-he-wins-by-election
The evidence is he will be far better than Starmer at comms and a bit worse on delivery. Probably a small win for the Labour party and a small loss for the country.
But they weren't the only card Iran had to play. It was also the case that they were able to target military and fossil fuel infrastructure across the Middle East throughout the conflict, causing damage to US military bases and to oil and gas infrastructure, even after weeks of US strikes aimed at destroying their missile and drone capability.
We saw this previously with the Houthis, whee the US (& Britain, etc) were not able to prevent them Houthis from launching drones at ships in the Red Sea.
And we also see this in the Russo-Ukraine war, where thus far neither side is able to destroy the other's capability to launch long-range strikes.
So it would be reasonable to assume that Iran will have the capability to hit oil and gas infrastructure across the middle east in a future conflict, albeit they will have to do a lot of damage to match the impact of closing the Strait of Hormuz.
The problem for Labour is that these groups increasingly disagree on things like immigration. Union leaders and activists often assume they’re speaking for “the base”, but many ordinary union members and working-class voters hold rather different views.
The prime minister hinted on Wednesday that he is prepared to give the Greater Manchester mayor a key post in his cabinet if he becomes an MP again after a nine-year absence from Westminster.
He said: “Oh, Andy is a great asset. And, yes, I want him to have a big role in government.”
But a source on Burnham’s campaign team insisted he will not accept a job from Starmer.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/andy-burnham-turn-down-job-135706493.html
JD may become president after all, but still won't be elected to the post.
The Betfair market is for the latter thing, isn't it ?
Quota, in deepest LibDemShire.
I feel all Emily Thornberry.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4dj7n83yqo
..Asked about Streeting's threat, Sir Keir said: "There is Westminster talk about what might happen in by-elections.
"Meanwhile, I would just gently point out, that we do have a Manchester mayoralty by-election which will follow immediately on if Andy Burnham wins the by-election...
I had a dream, so must be true.
His best hope is Streeting and possibly a Clive Lewis type both move next week.
He can them claim he has to go for it now and as the unifying candidate between right and left.
May I suggest a thread title in the event he wins:
"The Ego has Landed."
Non-committal answer from @LukePollard
re Precision Strike Missile, which had been seen as at the heart of the @BritishArmy deep fires modernisation. I hear that a combination of massively escalating costs, as well as no guaranteed delivery slots has made PrSM really unattractive..
https://x.com/FTusa284/status/2067237007588208695
Relying on Lockheed to deliver on time and on budget isn't really a plan.
If your email address identifies you, it's a bit scary.
All successful political parties are coalitions, and the more divided a country gets, the more those splits show.
(There is another tick-box to show your email to everyone, adding to the confusion...)
Looking at the party splits, this is a policy aimed at Labour and LibDem voters, with Reform voters least concerned about social media ills.
I see my email on my own profile, but I can't see Mexicanpete's on his.
If the language of the two tickboxes were changed to "Show my profile (but not email address)" and "Show my email address" it would be clearer.
Or, if one's own profile showed the email address followed by "(this is not shown to other users)".
Green party-led Bristol city council has banned residents from flying the England flag during the World Cup because its "making migrants feel uncomfortable"
Andrew Neil
@afneil
The US has circulated its version of the Memo of Understanding with Iran to G7 leaders in France. It’s as bad if not worse than expected.
...
America will now become a partner with the tyrants of Tehran, who Trump only recently wanted to overthrow, in rebuilding their economy.
When Trump insisted the war would only end with ‘unconditional surrender’ it never crossed my mind he meant his own.
https://x.com/afneil/status/2067264423660556777
And yet, Trump is nowhere to be found on his Big Beautiful Surrender Deal with Iran. That thing? Oh, that belongs to JD Vance. He’s the one defending it. He’s the one who will be signing it. The vice president owns it.
The Bulwark
So, yes, I think you are correct.
Let’s fix the Peace Process
You can be slow or fast, but you must get to the line
They'll always hit you and hurt you, defend and attack
There's only one way to beat them, get round the back
Catch me if you can, cause I'm the England man
And what you're looking at is the master plan
We ain't no hooligans, this ain't a football song
Three lions on my chest, I know we can't go wrong
This appears to be real…?
Now Work with veterans, a lot of whom were in NI. And after all this time, the mental scars are still there. God knows what the average person in NI is like, if the veterans are like they are.
A sign of the crazy times is many people automatically believed it was AI.
Please don’t post lies, William.
Mainly a function of how close they were to events.
Most people saw nothing apart from a few riots and army patrols. And those were in specific areas.