POSSIBLE BY-ELECTION KLAXON
Scott Benton, elected as a Conservative, currently independent MP for Blackpool South, could now be subject to a recall petition. His majority over Labour at the last election was 3,690, so you’d expect Labour to pick this one up if there is a by-election.
I would hope there is a GE before this comes into play. Sunak is on the ropes. One nation is showing some nerve and making demands that are contrary to what the ERG are after. I hope he pulls the plug on his problems in the party and calls an election.
I wish you were right but the man’s too much of a coward. He’d have made the Rwanda bill a confidence vote if he had the guts, but he doesn’t!
I firmly believe that the only thing Sunak is after is that trade deal with India. If it looks unobtainable, then he will bail. A large rebellion gunning for him will do that.
The casino lobby has been trying since we lived in the north west fifteen years ago to get a proper foothold. There was a two or three way battle with Manchester to get the casino restrictions altered to build casinos at city of Manchester stadium and Blackpool and another site. Eventually they all got shelved. This plum duff must have known they would be sniffing around and now his career is over
