Sod's Law

Probably resents being usurped by one of the more 'junior' crazies on this site.

My strategy of diversifying my targets by having as few names appear between separate dead pools as possible doesn't seem to be bearing fruit.

Sadly I picked him on the Electoral deadpool but not this one...

Frank Field: my first hit of the year.

Because FPTP has worked so well at preventing that...

He brings his stool for the photoshoots, so I heard.

Yeah, one benefit that was always said about FPTP was that it produced stable one party governments with a clear mandate and kept the loonie fringe parties out, an argument which has been shot to pieces in both Britain and America this past few years. The fact that Truss, Kwarteng, etc are still even in the Tory party speaks volumes. The loonies who would otherwise be in those fringe parties end up joining one of the main parties and morphing it out of all recognition. Like how Reagan would have despised Trump and what's become of his party today, playing along to Moscow's playbook. It's true that Reform UK may end up with a few seats if PR was introduced, but guess what? Coalition pacts between more moderate parties to keep the more fringe parties out of government exist in other countries. They can exist here.

If Sunak is still somehow PM by then, it'll be an open secret among the other heads of government that he most likely won't be for much longer. Question is does he spare himself the humiliation of attending an international conference as a lame duck PM whose word will mean nothing in a short space of time, or relish one last shot of looking like a big boy on the world stage?

Labour forming a coalition government with the Lib Dems (and the Lib Dems making a PR referendum a prerequisite for their support) would be the most likely avenue, but still by no means guaranteed unfortunately.

Beat me by one second. Damn it.

Scaling back official duties out of consideration for his age. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68874904

'Pattern of behaviour that falls below the standards expected of MPs'? Erm... surely those standards must have shrunk to that level a long time ago by now?

Looks like an RFK Jr man to me.

I know they can, but it's extremely unlikely based on what we've heard so far.

Even riskier in Texas, I imagine.