[mattomac]

Bad news a poll has Reform on course to win in Runcorn.

Ben Walker has Labour slightly ahead on his Nowcast, he has generally been pretty reliable.

[Youngian]

According Xbots, Labour are deluded if they think Putin is an issue down the Dog and Duck in Runcorn. Became a big problem for Corbyn so we shall see.
Reform should take this seat easily as people don't like being dragged out to vote again so soon after a GE. Even when the MP hasn't resigned for acting like a fucking idiot. If the Tories as well as Labour play the Putin card against Farage than Reform might not get over the line.

[davidjay]

If they can't win now, they never will.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Sunder Katwala has pointed out that scourge of grooming gangs, Rupert Lowe, was chairman of Southampton when historic sexual abuse was exposed. He may not have addressed it as well as he could.

[davidjay]

Sunder Katwala has pointed out that scourge of grooming gangs, Rupert Lowe, was chairman of Southampton when historic sexual abuse was exposed. He may not have addressed it as well as he could.

A lot of football clubs had the same problem. Some honourable, decent men tried to play it down because they thought at the time that was the best thing for the victims. I wouldn't attack Lowe too heavily on this when there's so much other ammunition.

[The Weeping Angel]

he seems reasonable.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... of-vetting

A Reform UK general election candidate who said Hitler was “brilliant” at inspiring people and described Bashar al-Assad as “gentle by nature” is now in charge of the party’s vetting process.

Jack Aaron’s comments about the Nazi leader and Syrian dictator came to light last year when he stood for Reform in the Welwyn Hatfield constituency. He also claimed Vladimir Putin’s use of force in Ukraine was “legitimate”.

Aaron made the comments as part of a pseudoscientific theory of personality types. He is the president of the self-styled World Socionics Society – a group promoting the idea that there are 16 personality types.

However, while he was one of many Reform candidates whose comments caused controversy and led to many being sacked, he is now head of vetting at Reform UK.