The real lesson from all of this; Jenrick getting caught from a speech left around is another reason to train yourself to speak ex tempore. https://bsky.app/profile/joxley.jmoxley.co.uk/post/3mchjelj… (View Post)

As with "are you going to resign, Prime Minister?", it's a silly question... What, exactly, did she expect him to say? "Yes, I'm buggering off to Reform, but for pity's … (View Post)

That's only a problem after the election. Before the vote, "cutting waste/woke/green/illegals will pay for it" works. And after the election might be too late. The question is how much… (View Post)

It's not consistent with the post-2024 Lib Dem map for sure. It really goes back to the 1970s Liberal theory of pavement politics; identify local (even parochial) grumbles and play them back to … (View Post)

Might be right sort of area (someone who really dislikes Starmer... most defections are about personality not policy.) But Duffield left Labour in Autumn 2024. (View Post)