Doesn't the ethnic mix in B+D make it hard for Reform to win now? The BNP-quake was 20 years ago. As for Havering, a lot depends on how the various Residents Association groups hold up. Labour a… (View Post)

Or they recognise that they have lost (not being ministers and the small number of colleagues ought to be a giveaway), but are still at the 'the people will realise that they made a hideous mist… (View Post)

Slightly complicated in this case by the observation that McSweeney probably should have gone ages ago. Really at the time of the "Keir is pretending to drive the DLR train" line, but there… (View Post)

But Carns for PM in 2026 is absurd. Not quite 'Rehman Chishti for PM in 2022' absurd, but less plausible than 'Tom Tugendhat for PM in 2022'. The longlist is what it's been a… (View Post)

If I were in Labour comms, I'd be tempted to put the message "There is no Labour Liz Truss" on the biggest billboards I could find. (View Post)