First little note, Mummy Badenoch apparently said she'd be prepared to help Farage into power to stop a left wing government. Her exact words in response to the question were, "This country can't have another left-wing government." Which appears to suggest that this is the case. It would also suggest my fears about the Tories potentially looking elsewhere in a hung parliament are unfounded.
However, this has all since been refuted, and when you read the wider transcript it's all a bit word-salady. Giving the sense of a politician dancing round the houses. So we're basically none the wiser.
The bigger update.
My main reason for posting is that I've just watched a "Round 2" of the Makerfield Question Time discussion. This time courtesy of Manchester Evening News and Winstanley College.
It was painful to watch, as it meant listening to the feel-good empty words of the LibDem and Green candidates. (I'm trying to get this written, plus do some other chores, before the World Cup starts in a few hours, so I didn't really want to make the effort to watch the whole thing. I felt I had to though, given it was what I asked for after the original Question Time debate.)
Firstly, on Andy Burnham. When the others were speaking he looked bored (which is understandable ..but not a good look). Whenever he got the chance to speak he then suddenly perked up, like a true professional, and transformed into trendy headteacher mode. I'm not sure I'll be able to stomach this if he does become prime minister. I might have to go and live in a cave somewhere. Starmer already governs with a headteacher vibe, but at least he's a bit more staid and old school. This would be too much for me.
The students in the audience were enjoying it though. Everything he said got a round of applause. (And that's not a pun on him being headmaster-like. They were actual students, what with it being at a college.)
As for Robert Kenyon I thought he was really good. He started out nervous, but grew into the debate. Even more so than last time. He was never going to win the audience over - naturally it was very young and left-wing. I think the more average voter watching would've been impressed though. You get the feeling he would actually do a good job representing the area.
As I noted in the other post, it's refreshing to see someone who speaks like a normal person. I really hope he wins. If anything just to see the experiment continue.
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