I have not come across a morning like this one for election speculation. It is at a different level entirely.
It is shared by all the senior journalists and an awful lot of senior MPs, from both major parties and indeed the SNP.Everybody thinks something is going on. Now there’s very little hard evidence of this, but just to give you an example. I’ve spoken to a Cabinet minister who thinks it’s not going to happen but really isn’t sure but doesn’t know what Cabinet is being called to talk about, but points out the King is in London.
Here’s a third theory about PMQs: if you’re Keir Starmer, and you go into the chamber and think ‘the man opposite me Rishi Sunak is about to call a general election’…you don’t give him the chance for that platform. You keep everything quiet and keep everything calm.We just don’t know what’s going to happen today.One other thing that I think is quite significant...
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