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It happened in Maidenhead and Windsor this last election too. Two seats I got an insight in because a judo mate of mine (Lib Dem) campaigned in Maidenhead and my old uni mate (Tory) was involved in the campaign for the Windsor seat. In both seats, there was a lot of tactical voting to oust the...

That’s true, but then what options is there at CM? You’ve got capable players defensively, but in terms of players who create chances, get goals and assists… it’s lacking quite a lot.

The Lib Dems is a strange one, they don’t neatly fit in the ‘left’ category per se. Traditionally, the Lib Dems tended to do well against the incumbent party of government. Right now, what do they even stand for? They’re an effective local party machine that’s good at campaigning on local...

Not at CM and AM simultaneously. Looking at our bench, you have Eccles, Allen and Torp. Eccles and Allen perform the same role (more or less), In my mind, the bench should look something like this: GK RB/LB - (JDS for now) CB - (Binks/Lati) CM - defensive minded (Eccles) CM - creative (Torp)...

That would be suicidal. Structurally, FPTP favours Labour the most in terms of votes per seat and has done in any of our life times. Imagine all the left wing voters who’d flock to the Greens which has happened in a few countries in Europe who have PR. Or even the possibility of a Corbynista...

It’s survival instinct kicking in. Reform is the largest party in polling and Farage has said he’d scrap the license fee. It’s a case of sucking up to the ‘heir to the throne’, so to speak. Reform voters as whole do not trust the BBC at all either. There is a creeping credibility crisis...

There’s a lot to like about Torp but he’s much more suited to being a CM. If Rudoni got injured, could you trust Torp and/Allen to fit in at AM for more than a handful of games? Probably not. It’s all well and good having 3-4 strikers in the squad, but on game day, you need players to make an...

We kind of did. There wasn’t really much to change the game v Sunderland and other games towards the end of the season. We’re relying on Rudoni to play AM with no alternative. Overall, the squad is in a good place but it needs beefing up with 3-4 quality players and current starters pushed...

To be honest, I’m coming round to the idea that we need to leave the ECHR, repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. Labour scrapping Rwanda without an alternative was a serious blunder. Even if it was a flawed plan and didn’t do what set out to do, it removed...

No, not at all. I believe results like 2019 and 2024 is a vindication of first past the post. There’s point you seem to miss is that Labour’s public support is low to begin with so their landslide majority could become a minority v quickly. Polling suggests this is the case already.

I thought he scored v Stoke too?

Yes because you yourself have said you haven’t got what you voted for. If you look at the 2024 election with a view that Labour wasn’t that popular in the first place, then their polling ratings today should make sense to anyone. There’s a sense that Labour are nothing differently to the...

No, the government has made decisions itself admitted were ‘difficult’. The winter fuel allowance being cut whilst the costs of migrant hotels spiralling is absolute toxic to the electorate. Raising taxes in their maiden budget again didn’t go down well. Starmer is unpopular, people don’t trust...

They won a landslide because of our niche electoral system. I didn’t vote for Labour but it was good they got a majority because they should have pressed ahead with their agenda of NHS reform, ‘smashing the gangs’ and so on. I like that electoral system gives the winners large majorities...

If Labour lurches to the right to fend off Reform, it risks exposing its left flank to the Lib Dems and/or Greens. As of this moment, it is a remote possibility, but so too was Reform supplanting the Tories was the dominant right wing party. I have quite a few mates who have flipped to the...

The calibre of counsellors of all parties is generally low. A Labour MP candidate (and Coventry counsellor at the time) came into my politics A-level class and was she was genuinely unimpressive. They were my thoughts at the time despite being a Labour voter then. The electorate want to punish...

Not this again. 35% of the popular vote is lowest vote share for winning party in living memory. Reform’s vote share cost the Tories around 90-100 seats, allowing Labour to sneak through with a small majority. Examples of this include the High profile Tories who lost their seats such as...

People need to be careful what they wish for. Spain have done better under a ‘Spanish Southgate’ than they did under elite manager Luis Enrique. The international game is different. Tuchel has my backing, 100%. The bar is set incredibly high for him to surpass Southgate.

By definition, the electorate is correct. The public are generally fed with the traditional parties. Labour landslide was a loveless marriage (their vote share was lower than under Corbyn) and the early blunders in government has soured public opinion against them further. What didn’t help is...

Which isn’t even a national league. In Spain, only the top 2 or 3 leagues are national leagues. The rest are split into regions. Context here is that Spain is a bigger country and has more autonomous regions, but still.