OKAY, SO: as of today's updated figured on Bookscan, I have sold 186 fewer hardbacks than Liz Truss. If it were a poll, that would be a statistical tie. But it is NOT a poll and she will also be selling a load at the lettuce convention in Birmingham right now so BUY BUY BUY
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*tapes phone to forehead*
[i’m leaving Islay after a very short return visit for the funeral of an old school friend, the saddest possible reminder that life sometimes really is too short]
i have not - but i will add it to my list, sounds interesting
indeedy
We asked respondents to estimate the proportion of UK immigration in each of these categories [By giving them 100 points to split between 4 categories] Asylum: estimate 37% (actual: 7%) Family: estimate 17% (actual 6%) Work: estimate 26% (actual 40%) Study: estimate 19% (actual 38%)
Basically. His team cocked up the first declaration. They realised. They corrected it proactively. Starmers then started turning stuff down, realising it was more trouble that it's worth. The End.
not much tbh - just a resigned acceptance that it’s a problem