If you pick your friends based purely on your own ideological purity you’re going to be very lonely.
It’s why most Labour / Left activist types are some of the most spectacularly boring people with really odd ideas about people who don’t conform to their way of thinking.
Actually scratch that, it’s anyone who is a political activist left or right
Ok the Islington North poll commissioned by Corbynistas Novawatsits is causing some people some really amusing mental gymnastics. Here’s a prize example…
Serious answer though I imagine he’s conflicted. One the one hand he’ll be disappointed about the candidate being a dick and dragging Labour into the betting thing. He’ll be relieved it was such a stupid bet but he’ll also be pleased that it gave him the opportunity to show how it should have been done by the Tories in the first place.
I got a bit confused, it's six not five, even though Alister Jack isn’t yet under investigation (absolutely nailed on he will be), even though he isn’t standing, I think he’s technically still Minister of State for Scotland until July 5th.