SimonEnglish

What's important (and ironic) to note is that prior to the 2024 General Election, we had among the *highest* estimated vote share for Reform, and had them picking up some strong constituency wins in our MRP. We were totally right about Reform then. And we believe we are now.

The Boy With The Yawn In His Side

Morrissey has canceled his concert in Valencia, Spain scheduled for Thursday night due to a poor night's sleep caused by a noisy hotel he was staying at. A statement announcing the show's cancelation said that "the experience has left Morrissey in a catatonic state." Morrissey himself added that "it will take me one year to recover. And that is an understatement."

Set aside q of how Farage has £200k to buy shares in Kwasi’s Bitcoin company (an example of Politics Inc) Until now MPs have sold shares, to avoid perception that they’d profit personally from policies they advocate Farage is buying, in order to profit. US-style grift.

If Iran retaliates by disrupting the Strait of Hormuz it will bring into sharp relief for the UK the folly of not maximising its domestic gas supply from the North Sea. Qatari supply may have fallen as a share of UK imports in recent years, but the spillover to global demand for Norwegian gas and US LNG leaves the UK unnecessarily exposed. For a government that has made welcome (long term) progress this week on stable nuclear baseload, the inability to look at the short term security of supply from the North Sea looks like a grave strategic error.