I’m getting the strong vibe from nearly everyone that we need him
Could there be any better way to watch this Friday
Thank you all for educating me. I too am now going to observe at regular intervals to people on shift with me at Newsnight tonight that “we need Graelish” and look sage
Great to see Grealish make an appearance. Have been saying we needed him all match.
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Yesterday, @DavidGauke told me he thinks the Conservative vote in the South East is soft. And it was striking, talking to voters in Chesham and Amersham, how so much of the language used about the Conservative party in the south is reminiscent of voters about Labour in the north.
Almost word for word- talk of taking voters for granted, needing a change, neglecting safe seats; it's an intriguing sort of deep incumbency malaise for both parties. Boris Johnson comes up as well as does Brexit, both as an event and a cultural signifier it hasn't gone away.
Difference obviously in remain voting areas of the south east they're negatives for the Conservatives with opposite being the case in much of the north and midlands.
Loads of tactical voting- Labour vote collapses in favour of Lib Dems. But also clearly huge Tory-LD transference.
The word sensational is overused in elections but I’m struggling to think of a more staggering one than this. When I say this has been Tory since 1974 that’s because the seat was created in 1974. In one way or another, the seat has basically been Tory since universal suffrage.
...,not confined to but put on steroids by Brexit and the Protocol which flowed from it.
Foster and the senior leadership of the DUP are blamed by many loyalists (especially the harder line elements on which the party's support traditionally rested) for allowing the Protocol...
...to come about and for being so closely identified with the Conservative party and especially Boris Johnson, who unceremoniously ditched the party as a means of getting a Brexit deal.
For many unionists the Protocol is an affront. They see the economic border...
Remember Poots was instrumental in forcing Foster out. Now he too has gone.
Much bigger than the fate of the DUP. Deep instability within power sharing. Poots’ nominee for First Minister was literally installed today.
Now what authority does Paul Givan have? Can he stay in office? And if he resigns will the executive collapse? And given Poots has been driven out effectively as a result of his decision to keep power sharing going, the possibility for his successor to maintain the Exec is slight
Starmer asks PM whether he accepts his decision to leave India off the red list contributed to the spread of Delta.
Johnson: “No. Captain Hindsight needs to adjust his retro-spectroscope.”
Pretty baseless attack. Whether you agree with it or not, Labour has been consistent in calling for a tougher borders regime.
Starmer: “The British people did their bit by following the rules and getting vaccinated. But the prime minister squandered it by letting a new variant into the country. That was not inevitable.”