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Murmurings that the DUP are going to accept Sunak’s deal. Presumably if that’s true they’ll vote for it in parliament and return to Stormont. Good news if true and it pans out that way. I really didn’t see this coming, maybe they’re not as stupid as I thought and can see the writing on the wall...

Betty Boothroyd

Saw John Richardson the other weekend which was very good. Got tickets to see Sarah Pascoe next weekend too.

Season form suggests we’ll finish higher than our previous best of 64 points too.

Heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time.

That’s because the Brexit battle lines were still being drawn. Come 2019 the lines were clear. Get Brexit done vs maybe get brexit done in some way. The Brexit voting red wall turned on him and Labour. His socialist manifesto meant nothing. He lost an election on a single issue that wouldn’t...

Perhaps he was provoked. You know, like Putin.

Depends on your yard stick. Longest period of sustained growth in UK history vs took us into an illegal war that has damaged the UK for decades. If he hadn’t done the latter I would say yes without a doubt but the fact is he did do the latter.

Well, you can with one simple question. Why did Corbyn lose the red wall if not because of brexit? Biggest socialist manifesto in decades and the socialist red wall turned its back on it. A nett loss of 60 seats. There is only one possible answer. Brexit.

Six years ago then. Before it became apparent what an absolute shit show it would be and how hopelessly optimistic project fear was. With the benefit of hindsight why the fuck would anyone vote leave now. I really don’t know what it is you think you’re achieving here. I’m not a sociopath. I’m...

At the time yes. But I saw the error of my ways.

Did I?

Correct. Based on his manifesto.

I was very much stuck in a tribalism mentality at that point in life. Still, I lived and learned.

Okay here’s what would have happened if we voted remain. Cameron would have limped on to 2019/20 or until he handed the reins over ahead of the next scheduled GE. The Tories would have continued infighting and the political focus would have been on the failure of Tory policy, most notably the...

Because it’s my right to vote for whoever I like. Regardless of their chances of winning. A bit like supporting Coventry, I don’t expect us in a million years to win the premier league but I still support Coventry.

Not to the point of rationing though. And that’s the point.

Clearly you think it’s a gotcha but a few points. I live in a safe Tory seat so the reality is my vote changed nothing in terms of delivering a conservative majority, despite that if I could go back in time and change my vote I would. I clearly mistakenly put my faith in Cameron, a bit like how...

The one where I correctly predicted that Cameron would win and deliver the 2016 referendum? That one?