Also if you're Reform-minded, Farage is more charismatic than Jenrick or Badenoch, so potentially Tories could see the drop off in the centre without any recovery from Reform ...
Hypothesis: some Cleverly backers assuming their man was safe and switching to their preferred opponent?
In-depth and informed ... The debut episode of The Andrew Fisher Interviews with the excellent @sjwrenlewis.bsky.socialinsidecroydon.com/2024/10/09/o...
âThe austerity period that started in 2010 was a first-year undergraduate mistake.â Thatâs the view of Oxford economics professor Simon Wren-Lewis in the first of a new podcast stâŚ
"Ultimately, advisers advise and politicians decide. Itâs easy to make staff scapegoats, but more often than not the problem is the politicians, not the advisers." My latest column for The i Paper inews.co.uk/opinion/morg...
Neither sacking nor hiring staff will resolve poor political judgement
"Ultimately, advisers advise and politicians decide. Itâs easy to make staff scapegoats, but more often than not the problem is the politicians, not the advisers." My latest column for The i Paper inews.co.uk/opinion/morg...
Neither sacking nor hiring staff will resolve poor political judgement
Thank you. That's very kind of you to say
Yes, the offshore-linked donations to Labour and Jenrick recently are dodgy - and IMO the rules need tightening around that. I can't see a case for state funding (beyond short money) as if parties can't fundraise from a wide enough pool they have no right to exist.
But the controversy over donations hasn't been about core election funding, it's been over freebies for politicians. But if political parties can't fundraise from a wide pool of people, they shouldn't get life support from the state.
False binary from @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social here There is no need for dodgy donors or state-funding*. MPs who earn in the top 5% of incomes could simply pay for their own clothes, concert tickets as the rest of us do. *There's already state funding to fund Opposition scrutiny from Short money.
