I get a sense the rise of Reform has taken the wind out of this movement. Why bother protesting if a party which represents a lot - tho not all - of your values - is leading in the polls and winning thousands of council seats?
Currently 9 degrees C in Scotland, hurry up Tues/Wednesday when it gets warmer. Akureyri in Iceland is 60 miles from the Arctic circle and 3 degrees warmer
A lot of crosses. No one nailed to them. Our Tommy is talking about Jesus. They just had an evangelical speaker
Overall impression. It’s impressively big. But almost certainly not as big as the first one? (Tho I wasn’t there)
A weird crowd. Families out for the day. Drunk football hooligans. Veterans with medals. The pink ladies. More women and more young people and more BMEs than I expected. Lots of people holding (the old) Iranian flags. Quite a few Israeli flags.
The idea all these people are racist thugs is ridiculous. But so is the idea they are about to sweep the nation. It’s heavily reliant on (the fading?) charisma of Tommy
There is a quiet but seething anger. It needs to be mollified. But if it is mollified, soon, it will disappear
Well they're having a nice march through the capital, aren't they. That in itself will hopefully mollify them. Or at least take the edge off.
It’s about whether the constituency wants a Labour or Reform Government.
Granted voting Reform won’t get them a Reform government on June 19 2026 but if Reform win I suspect they will have more of a chance in 2028 than they would otherwise have
OTOH if Reform win, who's going to be the PM for the next 3 years?
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