Month: June 2024
What will happen on Thursday? | Some Quick Predictions
Closer than people think, but not really that close at all. I have changed my mind, and I think Reform and Green might win a seat. The Greens possibly more than one; Bristol Central is 50/50 but Waveney Valley and North Herts look like they might be closer to a Green victory than people suspect, … Read more
Labour and Tory manifestos | Are they really both the same?
There seems little point in reviewing all of the manifestos as most people by now have made up their minds. Instead I want to address a question I heard a few times. “Labour and Tory are they both the same”? Instinctively the answer is no.. Politics has become incredibly polarised and the gap between Labour … Read more
Are Labour planning to privatise the NHS? | More plucky memes
No. Labour aren’t going to privatise the NHS. I have seen multiple claims on social media that Labour will expand privatisation of the NHS if elected. Mostly these claims come from the Green Party, or from the anti-Labour left. The leader of the Greens made the same claim in the debate last night. This makes … Read more
How Trump Wins | How America Is Lost
With Trump now a convicted felon it is hard to see a path for him back to the White House. Even before this Trump’s campaign was doing badly. The majority of the money raised goes into paying his legal fees rather than campaigning, and money talks in US politics. Trump doesn’t have enough of it … Read more
Are the Tories trying to lose? | Why is their campaign so bad?
Rishi Sunak called a snap General Election to try and catch Labour on the wrong foot. All he managed to do was wrong foot his own party, leaving them totally unprepared for a campaign which Labour were well up for. By any standards this has been a terrible start to a campaign. Sunak was caught … Read more