We could soon see crossover between the Tories & Reform in the most seats market
We could soon see crossover between the Tories & Reform in the most seats market – politicalbetting.com
For a while I had advised backing the Tories in the most seats market for a variety of reasons but mostly if Reform implode or if the two established parties restore their duoply.
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Hard to credit how high he was riding at the start of this World Cup.
Makerfield seems to have been a hammer blow.
Good morning, everyone.
Inside the extreme far-right campaign to infiltrate Restore Britain
Neo-Nazis who support ethnic cleansing and have praised Hitler have secured influential local roles in Rupert Lowe’s party, an investigation has found
Neo-fascists, Hitler admirers and supporters of ethnic cleansing have embedded themselves in key local positions in Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain party, an investigation has found.
They have installed themselves in influential roles in local Restore Britain branches across England.
The far-right figures include individuals who have praised Hitler and used extreme racial slurs. One of them ran a social media account posting depraved comments about defiling the corpses of ethnic minorities until it was suspended this month....
...The infiltration of Restore Britain by the extreme far right comes after a deliberate campaign to do so by Steve Laws, the leader of the Remigration Now (RN) movement, a group that advocates “total remigration” by purging the country of anyone with “non-white” heritage.
Laws, a former “migrant hunter” who has said he is a “proud” racist and that Hitler was “a misunderstood politician”, told Remigration Now members in February to become Restore Britain branch organisers and candidates as part of an effort to “create a stronghold in that party and really hold some weight over the direction”.
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/restore-britain-rupert-lowe-far-right-campaign-infiltrate-368qmffhq
Why did they need to plot an infiltration?
Or at least, he will be driven away.
Restore seem to be for people who look at Farage and think "you're quasi-racist. You're semi-racist. You're the margarine of racism. You're the Diet Coke of racism. Just one calorie, not racist enough."
"Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c935yx2z9d4o
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/17/andy-burnham-tea
"Neo-Nazis shocked by racism of Restore Britain leader" headlines
Is this an attempt to rehabilitate Lowe as Farage's star wanes?
Adura's own assessment of Jackdaw is that it will create 27 new full time positions...
Before or after but nowhere near the bag.
Also, 6 more anti-aircraft systems taken out - meaning more than 1,500 have now been destroyed. So a couple more air corridors just opened up for Ukraine to hit Russian refineries and factories.
Blue Labour Mahmood into the Treasury, someone fossil fuel compliant into Environment and another 5% of longterm Labour supporters switching to Greens
Pouring boiling water into it could lead to cracks.
So the milk went in first to act as a coolant
Anyone who genuinely cares about the environment cares about phasing out the burning of oil, not its domestic extraction.
What next, jam before cream on the scone? Pronouncing "scone" to rhyme with "bone"? Calling the letter "h" "haitch"? Saying "myself" when you mean "me"?
What next, jam before cream on the scone? Pronouncing "scone" to rhyme with "bone"? Calling the letter "h" "haitch"? Saying "myself" when you mean "me"?
Of course if you’re going to give something to the right of the party likely announcements on utilities will be seen as something for the left .
The Greens will of course like Burnhams move on oil and gas .
In fact, I'd say that's the rule, not the exception, within left wing politics generally for the last century or more.
'GB Energy says it may not meet pledge to employ 1,000 people ‘for 20 years’'
'Only 30 permanent jobs appointed weeks before GB Energy's £1.7m Aberdeen HQ opens'
That's just wrong.
Socks with sandals ... is he a LibDem ?
Speaking of whom, is his Thursday speech better termed The Pettysburg Address, or I Have a Scheme ?
The Times reporting that Andy Burnham succeeded in persuading Shabana Mahmood to become Chancellor because it would give her more control over cutting immigration
https://bsky.app/profile/adambienkov.bsky.social/post/3mqvpqqks3k22
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rmjk0740o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rmjk0740o
Everyone in the country is a descendent of migrants. Out of Africa etc.
So the only answer is my party, Revive. Our policy is to expel *everyone* from the country. Everyone.
This solves every other problem with the country. See the best performing hospital in the NHS, St Edward’s.
Black, with the bag left in.
How much they are worth is of course a matter of opinion.
#specialrelationship
#bendover
I live with such a person so I suppose I should ask her.
Of course, you welcome that.
Bribe and Prejudice.
Or lecherous, or treasonous.
I'd even wish them well in the final.
On topic, the best punishment for Trump would be to lose the Senate and the House badly , so that he was reduced to defending his actions and suggestions.
The UK is America's closest longstanding ally, not his.
Currently Farage is the new Starmer - he cannot do anything right and the media have turned on him. And he is stuck in a joke by election.
In terms of forming a government though, if the Tories do just edge ahead of Reform on seats without pulling away that will likely overall be good news for Burnham. With the rightwing vote near equally divided between the Conservatives and Reform under FPTP the main winner from that would be Labour in Labour held marginal seats
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cjej3y1jgdpo
A move that would help him squeeze the Reform vote though not the Green vote
There was a time they were in the low 30s and Farage was almost equal as best PM.
A move that would help him squeeze the Reform vote though not the Green vote, 56% of Reform voters opposed the ban on new North Sea oil and gas developments whereas 51% of Green voters backed it. Could help Labour in Scotland where 45% oppose the ban on new North Sea fossil fuel extraction with just 37% in favour (in England and Wales it is tied, 39% opposed, 38% in favour).
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54503-how-do-scots-feel-about-new-north-sea-oil-and-gas-developments.
Trump would be pleased with Burnham on this too, as Trump backs new North Sea oil drills
The centre ground on net zero/environment says: it's a good target and UK is doing OK on it but we are not interested in conspicuous or virtue signalling martyrdom if Trump, China and India are not.