Confirmed: the Tories aren't running a candidate. It's over. Farage's ruse has failed. https://bsky.app/profile/samfr.bsky.social/post/3mq333xwvhw2u (View Post)

But also- from the Bell to the Bin (and, come to think of it, from Neil to Nigel) says something about how public life has changed in 30ish years. Dammit, I positively want Farage to lose to a man wi… (View Post)

That's the funny thing. By calling a by-election on whether or not it's OK for Nigel to be given 5 million quid by a rather rum cove, Nigel has surely ensured that everyone will know that N… (View Post)

Joe Marler. Popular, knows all about traitors, and used to being in a gothic castle full of nincompoops. (View Post)

That requires him to have a defence. And that defence needs to work with both a formal committee and an informal court of public opinion. So far, he seems to have bluster that makes things worse. The… (View Post)