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Door-Knocking Abated

MCR

Tomorrow is the day to vote here. There is some certain lack of excitement and door-knocking political hacks aren’t coming around this week. Even the spam seems to have been reduced somewhat?

Have LibDem run out of (or low on) spam budget? They’re always good at talking a lot, but not actually doing anything. Maybe they recognise they no longer stand a chance of winning in this area.

Tomorrow’s Judgment

I can now say, as it is public information, that tomorrow morning a judgment will be issued.

This judgment will be handed down by the Judge remotely by circulation to the parties' representatives by email and release to The National Archives. The date and time for hand-down is deemed to be 10:30am on Wednesday 29th July 2026

Another Decision

I understand that tomorrow there will be a decision issued by the High Court pertaining to a 2025 case which involves me. I will get a chance to write about it some time tomorrow or later this week.

Daniel POCOCK Shares Policies “for Global Clacton”

Vote [X] Daniel POCOCK

IT seems like after some feedback Daniel has made it easier to assess what he stands for.

Pocock-on-Sea: Daniel Pocock’s Attempt to Become British Politician

Daniel Pocock is not British, but he is running as if he is British while he is Irish, Swiss, and Australian. Can he succeed? His platform is out of the ordinary, so he can at least stand out and get noticed.

Pocock election

“Apropos Daniel’s run for office,” a friend has told me, “there is the problem of “split ballots” If there are many similar candidates, and one outlier, the pool of voters which are similar spread their votes over the pool of similar candidates. Thus none of them get enough to take the lead. However, the outlier collects as a single candidate all the dissimilar votes and thus ends up taking the lead. That is precisely how Michael Moore ended up in public office a long time ago. The opposition then fielded a lot of candidddates and thus spread their vote pool so thinly that they all lost and an unknown won. Similarly in 2006 during the Eurovision Song contest, there were a lot of similar sounding songs of the same genre which gained a wide spread of votes, none taking a lead. However, there was a single metal contestant and he collected all the metal votes, which turned out to be more than any single other contestant. So I ask where on the political spectrums do the 34 candidates in Daniel’s race lie? If they are similar to him politically, then those backing Farage are trying to water down Daniel’s message. Either way, I wish him both luck and visibility.”

Let’s see how he gets on.

Mancunian Heads of State

2 days ago: Manchester’s Status in UK Politics is Improving

Andy Burnham's Cabinet met for the first time on Tuesday.

A very Mancunian government is shaping up, perhaps making a tacit promise to shift the political centre of gravity away from London and better cater for the rest of the country.

We eagerly look forward to working with this cabinet towards a meaningful, effective SLAPP reform.

A Month Away From Rianne’s Birthday

Earlier today I said that the political landscape had shifted in our favour because my wife speaks with female ministers about what was done to her and is still being done to her. Unfortunately, at this point we’re best advised not to comment on the hearing but instead wait for the outcome. We’ll keep our politicians in the loop.

Rianne’s birthday is almost a month away and we hope for an early gift.

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