[Dalem Lake]

Labour has several convincing candidates for the London mayoralty but have the Tories? Can't believe Susan Hall won the candidacy as the best person available for the job. But on hard right culture war gibberish.

Maybe Johnson would be up for another run. Rehabilitate his reputation and image with a dollop of selfless public service?

[mattomac]

I should imagine Deform will be eyeing a “serious” challenge in London

I guess with the changes in the system Rayner wants they will struggle. I like Khan mind, not sure if he will run again mind.

[Tubby Isaacs]

London, like the richer Home Counties, still has some non-Farage Tories in it. Reform won't challenge.

[davidjay]

Labour has several convincing candidates for the London mayoralty but have the Tories? Can't believe Susan Hall won the candidacy as the best person available for the job. But on hard right culture war gibberish.

Maybe Johnson would be up for another run. Rehabilitate his reputation and image with a dollop of selfless public service?

No chance. He might lose.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I'm sad to see that Antonia Bance, MP for Tipton and Wednesbury, has left Bluesky after a not very good comment about migrant hotels. She's an MP in Powell-Land, and I'm sure that she meets lots of local voters who say much worse stuff, but she did go too far. I'll spare her blushes here but you can look up what she said.

It's a shame because she's one MP who has properly engaged with the government's. program on industry and how it can be made to work in her constituency. I've been pretty shocked that lots of the left, who are very keen on industry in the abstract, have barely acknowledged the efforts being made. Paul Mason made a good point about James Schneider's view of the new party's target voters. It didn't sound like it was going to be pulling up too many trees in Tipton. Somebody needs to take on Reform in these constituencies, and whatever her other flaws, Antonia has sought to do that on "proper" Labour territory of jobs and skills.

In the future, I hope she concentrates on what she's good at.