[mattomac]

I’m getting to the point where don’t knows just don’t bother.

[Youngian]

I remember when opinion pollsters were all Tories printing lies because everyone loves Jeremy.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Diatribe though.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Diatribe though.

I can usually work out what word they are grasping for, but here I have nothing...

[Tubby Isaacs]

Priced out Londoners moving in? Under an hour’s commute.

I hadn't thought of that. 44 minutes to St Pancras too, and about the same to Stratford. That's very handy. Chuck in a day a week working at home, and that's a not unattractive lifestyle.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I see we're at this stage.

[Crabcakes]

To be fair, they don’t need to watch at present as they either have peers in the lords or people at the top table thanks to Tory donations, so get a direct feed of info.

[Bones McCoy]

[Youngian]

Sometimes you can hear Colin shouting off the page.

[Tubby Isaacs]

[davidjay]

When you're agreeing with Dan Hodges we truly are approaching the end of days.

https://x.com/DPJHodges/status/1803460620781568430

[Rosvanian]

Oh shit. There are no recorded examples of Hodges being right about anything. I therefore conclude that Starmer is doomed and we've all been taken for mugs.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Matt Goodwin is in the house.

[Arrowhead]

At least he remembered the SNP existed this time, I suppose.

[slilley]

I am off to a hustings meeting in Slough this evening, so will provide a full report. It is an all ticket event unlike previously which has been turn up on the night. Eleven candidates standing, including several with a pro Gaza position, one of them is from the Workers Party. Could be an interesting couple of hours.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

There are now three Tory candidates being investigated for 'betting irregularities'.

One is the campaign director, Tony Lee, who has taken 'leave of absence'...
And his wife, also.
And one of Sunak's closest aides.

It's absolutely incredible. Some are referring to this as the final knockout blow to the campaign.

I don't think there is any way back from this.

[kreuzberger]

They are sensing their final chance to get their filthy, corrupt snouts in to the trough. For fourteen long years and from Day One, they treated government as "our turn."

I very much doubt that this will be the last revelation of wrong-doing.

[Oboogie]

One is the campaign director, Tony Lee, who has taken 'leave of absence'...

I can't see him being missed. The loss of his 'expertise' may actually improve Tory polling a little.

[Crabcakes]

All we need now is some sort of mega-gaffe from Farage that’s just enough to put people off voting for his awful party (and ideally him personally) and the dream scenario of a Labour govt. and a Lib Dem opposition is a realistic proposition.

The possibility of a nation-defining hard reset of the Overton window and the effective end of the Conservative Party less than 5 years after Johnson got an 80+ seat majority, Corbyn led Labour to a crippling defeat and Jo Swinson couldn’t even hold her own seat is almost incomprehensible.

Obviously there are hundreds of factors at play, but if it does turn out to be an extinction-level event I will begrudgingly admit there is finally a benefit to Brexit

[Bones McCoy]

There are now three Tory candidates being investigated for 'betting irregularities'.

One is the campaign director, Tony Lee, who has taken 'leave of absence'...
And his wife, also.
And one of Sunak's closest aides.

It's absolutely incredible. Some are referring to this as the final knockout blow to the campaign.

I don't think there is any way back from this.

Corrupt inside money's like catnip to them.