I think he's right. There's a lot of Anyone-but-Tory* and Anyone-but-Labour voters. The latter would shift much more easily to Reform than LD.
*I'm one of them
Doesn't feel like 1997 mk2 does it ?
Then there seemed to be the sentiment that "It has to be Blair", now its more like "Anyone but Tory".
Starmer has got a lot of work to do to win people over.
I've got a lot to do tomorrow so will only be having a couple but I'm not going to start until the first "Big name" has gone. Quite possibly as early as 12:15 when Tory Chairman Richard Holden fails to win in Basildon and Billericay.
As documented elsewhere, I'm at a wedding Saturday and there's unlikely to be a telly set up so I'm going to be watching it on my phone.
Questions to the wise:
Hotel Wifi or 4g ?
If 4g, how much data will a 90 min match use ?
I'm reviewing my strategy.
Normally I would stick the telly and the kettle on at 10 and watch through to about 6, then kip till about lunchtime.
This year, however, it's my son's wedding on Saturday and I'm gonna be expected to shuffle stuff about (dunno what) and help get stuff ready (dunno...