A danger for Starmer is that egregiously blocking Burnham turns this into a Reform/Green contest, with Labour squeezed out and him getting the blame. Not ideal. Probably better off letting Burnham ge… (View Post)

If Burnham stands it will rapidly become a two-horse race between him and Reform. He'll love that and will handily win. That will give Northern Labour MPs hope that they can hang on - if they di… (View Post)

I remember when Clark was seeking to return to the Commons and successfully applied to Kensington, he remarked that he was the most moderate of the final set of candidates. Makes you wonder what the … (View Post)

Farage is clearly at home in the MAGA-sphere. He spends an awful lot of time in it and his whole approach to politics, down to his monetising his activity on GB News etc., is obviously inspired by it… (View Post)

James Kanagasooriam, who Yusuf refers to here, is a seriously smart analyst who predicted the Scots Tory gains during the Ruth Davidson epiphany. He is definitely not in any way likely to bias his fi… (View Post)