[dog] eat [dog] politics

Tempted to start a rumour that the winning green candidate is actually Stephen Kinnock’s wife in disguise…

I suspect Starmer's warnings about Greens will be as effective as Sunak's warnings about Labour...

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Its not all bad news for Starmer:

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FYI you can totally cheat by looking up the author's data visualisation work.

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Kemi Badenoch reviews the voting numbers in the recent Gorton and Denton by-election:

Goodwin, bad loss, good times, bad hangover.

Yeah but there is often a difference between loosely defined campaign promises vs final policies and budgets which often necessitate hard choices and trade offs (which can be glossed over at the campaign stage).

Don’t get me started on the Pixies

MATTHEW BADLOSS IS IT

Goodwin for the Greens last night!

Plot twist - he actually wrote the source code for the headline generator

After former political scientist, Matt Goodwin, fails to win a seat, Will Jennings announces he’s running….

Alternatively greens might carry on regardless and Lab might not find it in them to change much…🤷🏻‍♂️

Interesting that Greens will be scrutinised + might have to make policies more practical / achievable (to avoid scaring people off), and Lab might need to get a bit more daring and visionary (from a low bar) - might they even throw a Hail Mary re Brexit/ rejoin aspirations if it comes to it?

Greens at least have had a consistent message of Brexit being the cause of our economic woes which would give them a bit of cover in Gov. Of course the real ‘delivery’ challenge for Greens is to form actual policies to address Brexit if in Gov. Wonder if Labour might shift Brexit message/policy now?

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Behind the scenes in the Labour vision writing room

This one worked particualry well, I think:

There is a strong correlation between those advocating for plates to be rinsed, with those tasked with clearing the filter if it becomes blocked.

Studies actually show rinsing isnt necessary, as long as a diligent scraping regime is adhered to.

Thankyou for coming to my TED talk.