Lady Haldane will issue her judgment on the Scottish government’s challenge to Westminster’s S.35 Order on the GRR Bill at ca. midday Friday. It will be the first on how far, if at all, Westminster can limit the Scottish government’s devolved legislative powers. It will also have implications for the Equality Act and how trans rights affect women’s rights. That there is a clash between them has not been in doubt since the High Court’s July 2021 decision on women’s…
Looking at that chart it is understable why people think the Tories are doomed. Unlike the period between March 2012 and May 2014 when the Tories led by David Cameron didn’t lead in the polls there were enough clues in the supplementaries that the country prefered David Cameron over Ed Miliband, and George Osborne over Ed Balls but right now that situation doesn’t exist for Sunak where Starmer leads on pretty much every metric. My expectation is that we will…
I suspect Robert Jenrick’s resignation has shot that particular fox as his letter is a gift to the opponents of the Tories, Even before Jenrick’s resignation fighting an election on Rwanda would have been a courageous strategy, particularly in the light of this. I don’t think this will be a trigger event to see a vote of confidence in Sunak but I’m not going to stake much money on that assumption. TSE
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I try not to be condescending but are 16% of the country gullible idiots? These are the people who scammers target. These are not ratings of somebody who could win a general election, I suspect the ratings will get worse in light of the story in The Times and his evidence to the inquiry. TSE
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Last night’s vote loss on the contaminated blood scandal is further proof of Sunak lacking the political judgment and antennae that God gave pistachio nuts, Sunak must wish he could dominate the way Truss did with the Commons. TSE
I think this is a sign that the electorate really want to be rid of the Tories, but that’s just my take on things. TSE