[The Weeping Angel]

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Destabilisation tactics, see also The Guardian.

[Boiler]

I hear the little shit Mason making noises about Starmer's future, or the lack of it...

Polanski. A Farage for the Left; minus the racism, but still with the snobbery.

[Tubby Isaacs]

So Polanski's line is that in a hung parliament, he treats Starmer and Farage the same? I find that pretty ridiculous. Surely his line should be something like "there's lots we don't like, but put this green stuff in, and we'll stop you getting kicked out by an unholy alliance to the likely benefit of Reform". Then again, I don't think green stuff is of much interest to him.

If Burnham did succeed Starmer, and the immigration stuff had reduced boat crossings and asylum applications massively, does Polanski think Burnham would scrap it all? I think that's incredibly unlikely.

This stuff is all easier than doing any proper work. In fairness, he has planned to get some economic advice in from experts rather than YouTube influencers. But how will he react to being told "wealth taxes bring in much less than you think" or "there actually is a problem with printing a load more money, most of the time"? He's going to look a lot more like Starmer than he probably anticipates (albeit with some extra growth from more immigration, but with less growth from less development).

[Tubby Isaacs]

Polanski's smart enough to know that this stuff gets him more publicity than a sensible line on working with Starmer.

He's lead UK story on The Guardian.