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It is. But will he pivot to another position. He often does.

But the appointment had already been confirmed.

After the Locals they must set a clear position, stick to it and make it work. There will be lots of RefUK disasters to play with in 3 years and loads of policy positions (eg PR) with which to “cut their legs off”. My advice to them is to stop being frightened of their own shadow and just go for it.

The Mandelson affair will be, to put it mildly, tricky. No
use now saying they should never have gone anywhere near the bugger. Although I do say so. Blaming civil servants is not a good way to go but if it can be shown that people operated outside of their sphere they might just get away with it.

I think that Labour has no choice now other than to pivot to Europe, denounce Trump and put together a radical programme which includes encouraging renewables and pursuing policies of equality and clamping down on the profiteers, wherever they may be. Gloves off and be clear whose side they’re on.

I saw Tice on the telly the other day banging on about something (I think it was the Mandelson affair). As to the rest of the Farrago, including Restore, they are desperately grasping at straws. Starmer, of course, has given them a big straw to cling to although it may not be as strong a they think.

Trump wants praise from the fake news he supposedly doesn’t care about based on his claims which never turn out to be accurate.

That’s the point. Mandelson has always been toxic. Apparently we had a perfectly good Ambassador in place. This was about appeasing Trump. See where that gets you.

Luton has a “Latin quarter? My dear Pecksniff do you have this quite right?

We must hold their heels to the fire if that happens. Also, the ”left bloc” needs to get a grip and realise that electoral mathematics is on their side if they can sink some of their differences, work together and eventually change the electoral system. A shock to the fibres might just be the thing.

What is to happen in the local elections is a matter of concern. If RefUK sweep the board, it will be a disaster although the position is retrievable when LG reorganisation comes. But what damage can they do in the meantime? The evidence is worrying and it’s clear that they won’t listen to advice.

My dear Pecksniff, this man Faulkner seems to be exactly what we need. If his busy schedule allows perhaps he might turn his talents to solving the mystery of how to make contact with Messrs Yodel and hold them to account in the matter of delivering a parcel. I bet he can’t!

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Paula White is very clearly stone bonkers. So the next step, if I understand her, is crucifixion. Something I abhor. But clearly she then thinks there will be a resurrection. Maybe put it to the test, honey?

Much should be made of this and Rupe needs to be put back firmly under the rock from which he crawled. But for now he is the useful idiot who might split the RefUK vote and allow something more sensible to emerge. That may not be in the local elections but may well be of use in the nationals.

Peer beneath the surface and there is nothing. And he now has a competitor, our very own Roderick Spode Member for Great Yarmouth. Sadly, so far as I know, old Rupe is not engaged in the lingerie business but his only public facing role was the catastrophic episode of Chair of Southampton FC.

We had some candidates barely able to fill a 4 Ale Bar but Mr Corbyn, as I recall, attracted massive support without any of the razzmatazz associated with RefUK. But, here’s the thing. He now he buggers about with His Party and, no doubt, the Allotment Committee. Farage’s appeal is skin deep.

My dear Pecksniff. I rather like the idea of Farage as Not Quite One of Us. He comes to Norwich on Monday (I think) and no doubt will fill a marquee at the Show Ground as his acolytes assure us that no one could ever do the same. They have short memories. Take the Labour leadership campaign 2015.

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This is a total disgrace and the Party needs to put a bloody stop to it.

To save you the trouble, the blank screen was much to be preferred. It must be beyond satire that it was, of all people, Jimmy Dimly being placed in the position of facing the blank screen. Can it be long before he usurps Badenough and the centre of power moves from Saffron Waldron to Braintree?

It may just be preferable to some failed commodities trader filling his boots whilst being paid to represent Clacton in Parliament, whilst being absent for most of the time in both places. However, I have news, which you may not have picked up on. The Kemi film has now appeared.

My dear Pecksniff. Well, I don’t know. Blowing the lid off Farage’s aim to make money out of politics is one thing; attempting to make sense of the machinations in Your Party quite another. The idea that we will set up a committee to consider the work of another committee has its weaknesses.

I don’t know which minister is against freedom of movement. We want freedom of movement and it’s about time this was recognised.

That’s the very thing.

We need more goals but we are against centre forwards and so we’ve signed a goalkeeper.

It’s about bit like a football manager implying that they desperately need a centre forward which is why they are buying a goalkeeper.