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Should we be talking about a Nicola Sturgeon comeback? – politicalbetting.com
Should we be talking about a Nicola Sturgeon comeback? – politicalbetting.com
Scots are more positive towards John Swinney than Keir StarmerNicola Sturgeon: 38% favourableJohn Swinney: 34%Keir Starmer: 27%Humza Yousaf: 22%Kate Forbes: 21%Anas Sarwar: 20%Nigel Farage: 19%Patrick Harvie: 16%Douglas Ross: 14%Kemi Badenoch: 13%yougov.co.uk/politics/art…
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https://x.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1905054402559299986
Around a quarter (24%) hold a favourable view of Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, while 30% are unfavourable (net -6).
Best net favourability score compared to Starmer (-17), Farage (-20), Badenoch (-26) and Reeves (-33)!
https://bsky.app/profile/ipsosintheuk.bsky.social/post/3lle3cg46ks2t
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8719dl587zo
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/11/15/pete-hegseth-tattoos-mapped-ink-kicked-off-biden-security/
So that 24% favourable is 1 in 4, of 5 people in every hundred, which basically means the Davey family and possibly his Waitrose delivery guy, maybe
And on that polling it looks as if the Scots really don't like anyone at all. Even Kate Forbes who in any sensible world would be top by a mile.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kj9w2zdlgo
By the time "a generation" has passed and all the other political ducks are in line - ie a UK government willing to grant a referendum, confident it will win, the euro problem solved, the bank problem solved, defence solved, etc etc etc - then the world will be so unrecognisable independence will seem, simply, absurd. Like fiercely fighting for the right to keep beach donkeys in your attic
They had one chance, they came damn close. But, tis done
“For too long, politics has been about winning elections, not planning for the future. I want to change that.”
https://bsky.app/profile/pickardje.bsky.social/post/3lleu3x57fs26
If and when it happens, this is what it is (so you're ready):
Retrograde Spleno-Colonic Invaginopathy with Acute Cringe-Induced Visceral Telescoping Syndrome (RSCI-ACVTS)
This condition presents with sudden internal organ displacement following exposure to extreme cringe stimuli, characterized by paradoxical transabdominal migration of colonic structures into the splenic parenchyma. The pathophysiology involves cringe-mediated vagal hyperreactivity, triggering abnormal peristaltic reverse-propulsion and subsequent viscero-splenic fusion
Patients typically present following exposure to public karaoke performances, unwanted PDA, or viewing of particularly awkward social media content by senior Labour politicians. Treatment involves immediate cringe removal therapy and anti-embarrassment medications, or suicide
Remember, I am the great extrapolator. You are not
Absolute shredding on social media. He is Pure Embarrassment, he makes me ashamed
And then there's Starmer.... Maybe not reflected in the polls quite yet but it's pretty clear to most in the UK that he's the man for the moment.
"Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it."
https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1905238067843150186
"357 migrants in six boats were brought to Dover yesterday."
https://x.com/SimonJonesNews/status/1905255386283700519
It's getting worse and worse, and costing us many billions a year, money we simply do not have
Has Starmer done a fucking thing about it? No, he is incapable
But he has "banned Ninja swords. Confirmed. Because when we promise action, we take it"
It is time for new ideas and policies in response to this changing world
It's not just an insane and embarrassing piece of pointless gesture politics - causing him and us to be globally mocked - it's all that and he can't even do it yet
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67e41a11f356a2dc0e39b4ef/Public_guidance_for_the_Ninja_Sword_Surrender_Scheme.pdf
Meanwhile, the economy is fucked, the boat crisis worsens, taxes rise to a new record, he's slashing welfare, growth has disappeared, our cities moulder from the heart, we're giving eighteen billion pounds to Mauritius to take British territory for no reason, and alcoholic foreign pedophile rapists are being saved from deportation because they might not get nice treatment abroad
What's your problem with this?
It's seems to have triggered you. Why?
So it turns out swords are like dogs, and that efforts to ban them will be snowed under by questions of definition, and only genuine collectors will be affected because it is machetes and kitchen knives that are used in 97 per cent of murders.
Adolescence, Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – can our politicians do nothing until they've seen a problem on telly?
I think the take from that is fewer dislike Davey for whatever reason. The other significant take is Nigel Farage is disliked almost as much as Rachel Reeves.
https://x.com/yarotrof/status/1905307078371278999
https://thedignitydeclaration.co.uk/?link_id=1&can_id=b64611f4630a0fb4878f4059d69caa69&source=email-join-our-councilor-network&email_referrer=email_2672969___subject_3178174&email_subject=launching-the-dignity-declaration&&
Hmm!
Harry Redknapp called Thomas Tuchel a German spy and appeared to perform a Nazi salute during a discussion about the England head coach at a charity event.
Redknapp, the former Portsmouth, Tottenham and West Ham manager, was speaking in front of an audience at a London venue last week. The Guardian has seen footage of the 78-year-old’s remarks about Tuchel, which came when he was asked whether England were right to appoint the German.
“I don’t know,” Redknapp said before making comments designed to amuse his audience. “I’ll be honest with you, I think he’s a German spy. I’m telling you. Seriously, he’s been sent over to fuck us up. He has. I’m telling ya, he’s like Lord Haw Haw in the war – ‘We have your best soldiers captured’ and all that.”
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/27/harry-redknapp-appears-to-make-nazi-salute-after-calling-thomas-tuchel-german-spy
The corollary is if another party in Government implements ideas which a Conservative Party led by Badenoch could support they will support them rather than just be in opposition for the sake of opposing.
It is good (and inevitable) after such a massive defeat the Conservatives are taking time to think about the future but that shouldn't be a conversation of Conservatives led by Conservatives. Perhaps a less partisan approach is required.
I've not actually heard what Stride would do if he were in Reeves's position - how would he seek to restore the public finances, how would he fund expanaded defence commitments and remember he is on record as opposing cuts to the winter fuel allowance as well as the other measures implemented by the Government since July last year? Would, for example, a future Conservative Government remain committed to the Triple Lock?
Though & prayers for william.
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/trump-signal-group-chat-yemen-strike-poll
Three out of four Americans — including 60% of Republicans — say the Trump administration's use of a Signal group chat to discuss military strikes is a serious problem, according to the first poll out on the national security breach...
A compact, to be agreed by all parties, that over the next decade (enough time?) the number of places for training nurse, doctors, medical technicians etc shall be increased each year, until there are sufficient training places (end to end) for 100%+ of the NHS requirements for staff.
Stride would not have put up NI to business nor agreed huge public sector pay rises without improvement in productivity
However, as I said the conservatives need a completely new and unique offer and I am content they take time to develop policies for 2028 and beyond
Certainly 2028 will be unrecognizable from today especially after 4 years of Trump
What Ninjas do in the comfort of their own home is their own business.
The cunning subtlety of the man. Not.
I don't know what that would be.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uG6G--aEARk
It looks as if you can keep it if you grind the point flat.
Putin:
"Already then [in the 60s of the 19th century], the American administration considered the possibility of annexing Greenland and Iceland, but the idea was not supported by Congress at that time.
By the way, let me remind you that by 1868, American newspapers were ridiculing the purchase of Alaska: it was called "madness," "icebox," and "the polar bear garden of Andrew Johnson," then the US President. So, the Greenland proposal failed.
But today, this acquisition - I mean the acquisition of Alaska - is probably viewed very differently in the United States, as is the actions of President Andrew Johnson."..
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1905322460855087501
Even PB's worst historians are more convincing than Putin.
Scotland under Sturgeon has been an object lesson in appalling governance, every bit as bad as in the rest of the U.K.