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12 June - Hedging one’s bets

RishiWhilst there is quite a lot about politics on Bonkers it is mainly reporting about what has happened and what is happening - @tonyofsidcup is still plotting - and predictions are infrequent. I have no desire to produce too many blogs which don’t as the Twitter fraternity is inclined to say, ‘age well’.

An exception might be the supposition that Rishi Sunak would be a disaster as Conservative Leader which as a prediction has been a resounding success. The headline above is from two years ago when bets were hedged to some extent with criticisms of all his would-be rivals.

The exception was Liz Truss and if she had not been such a Bull in a China Shop we might very well not be in the ess aitch eye tee where Rishi and Jeremy have dumped us.

Yesterday our hapless PM went to Silverstone and offered us Truss-lite as a possibly solution to the country’s ills. Reductions in the National Insurance rate, lower stamp duty and fewer green taxes. His heart may have been forced into the right place but it is too late now; incredibly the clueless PM looks to have handed electoral victory to someone who will take stealth taxes to new levels. Who would bet against much higher Council Taxes, reintroduction of the fuel price escalator and capital gains tax on your house when you decide you absolutely must get out of Khan’s London.


LibDemWhat could be worse than a Labour government? Maybe the LibDems would give them a run for their money?

When I saw this LibDem manifesto posted on X I assumed it was from a parody account but when checking the official manifesto discovered it was true. There is a lot more to it of course but all the things shown here may be found within the real thing.

If a woman finds her husband in lipstick and a skirt wearing a bigger bra than she does and has his willy chopped off it will not be grounds for divorce.

LibDem voters must be insane.

Yesterday I was inclined to be a Reform UK voter but today I am, for all their faults, leaning back towards the Conservatives - but not very far and tomorrow is another day

A problem is that I know nothing about either candidate and with Greenwich taking over the arrangements for the Erith and Thamesmead constituency there is not even an uncorrupted full screen nominations list available on line. Too much scrolling around and no way of seeing the whole thing at once. Bexley Council does the job in a professional manner with a nice PDF and Greenwich has made the sort of mess expected of a Labour Council.

Reform UKThe Reform UK candidate’s profile is not exactly impressive is it? Do they really expect to win votes without providing any information about themselves?

Ditto the Conservative candidate so far and I doubt I will hear from him; he lives in Surrey.

Predictions can be hazardous but if Starmer becomes Prime Minister it is an absolute certainty that his government of little talent - my MP who did nothing as a Bexley Councillor was good enough to be his Shadow Minister for God’s sake - will be a huge disappointment to all except his most hard left supporters. Most of us will be worse off monetarily and freedoms we have enjoyed will be removed by ever more nanny state bans - as if the left leaning Tories have not introduced enough of those already.

Reconstructed Erith and Thamesmead nominations list. (PDF - why is RBG incapable of doing that?)

 

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