Interesting, mentioned on Monday that there was evidence that the campaigning around the issue had generated disquiet in Fianna Fáil. Now one reads: The Government will not proceed any further with legislation to remove the triple lLock until the autumn, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has told a meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party.  The Government approved the text of … Continue reading "Martin ‘defers’ triple-lock Bill until Autumn"

Very conveniently, for anyone asking that question, we have two useful bits of information. First up there’s this from Wiki: Labour: 30%, Tory 20%, Reform 27%, LD 11%, Green 7%, SNP 3% Others 3% This was taken by More in Common between 15-19 May. Event may overtake that. But feed those figures into the model … Continue reading "What sort of impact would a Burnham leadership have on the Labour Party’s fortunes?"

Reading Jonathan Freedland in the Guardian about the end of the Starmer era (is a six- or seven-year period long enough to describe as an era?) last night I was surprised by this. Historians will puzzle over this one. Of the six prime ministers that have led Britain over the last decade, with a seventh … Continue reading "Why Starmer had to go and should never have been elected leader"