Keir Mudie

Mar 9, 2024 | mirror.co.uk | Keir Mudie

In the end, there was no rabbit. There wasn’t even a hat. I’ve spoken to people who have left budgets angry, some fired-up, some surprised by a masterstroke or two. I’ve never heard a reaction quite like the one this week. “There was something in it for everyone,” said one backbencher. “Trouble is, something for everyone to get angry about.” Quite right. No real help for anyone at all, from pensioners to first-time buyers. In the couple of hours following Mr Hunt’s speech, my email was flooded.

Mar 2, 2024 | mirror.co.uk | Keir Mudie

Early hours of Friday morning and up pops one of those election “experts” assuring puzzled viewers: “Galloway is not that big of a deal.” These people just get more and more wrong, don’t they? A few hours after Mr Galloway’s win in Rochdale – more of that in a second – and our politicians began behaving strangely. First, Mr Starmer apologised to the people of Rochdale. Fair enough, although a little unnecessary. A touch of arrogance, too – it’s all Labour’s doing for not fielding a candidate, etc.

Feb 24, 2024 | msn.com | Keir Mudie

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Feb 24, 2024 | mirror.co.uk | Keir Mudie

There’s a cliche in politics about rainy election days being good for the Tories. It holds that if it throws it down, Conservative turnout is higher because Tory voters tend to live nearer polling stations and are more likely to have cars. All well and good but there’s also a counter-cliche that rain is actually better for Labour, as most Tories live in the south and, as a consequence of being southern, don’t like going out when it rains.

Feb 17, 2024 | msn.com | Keir Mudie

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