So surely choices depend on the individual seat, unless you're seriously suggesting places like say Brighton are Labour vs. Reform contests?

Blue Labour need to go the way of Militant.

Burnham would need to be an MP to replace Starmer though + there's no realistic route for that to happen under current leadership.

Devil's advocate here, but maybe it's not being mentioned because it's all fairly modest + reform's been talked about so many times and come to nothing (and of course the obsession w/Reform)?

Does sound like very positive baby steps though. I just can't really believe it until it actually happens.

I expect they're terrified of what the papers, GBeebies etc. will say + no doubt Glasman says "no".

Government should be looking at media reform including online + social media urgently and Blue Labour need to be removed from the party. Of course they'll do neither and the result won't be pretty.

That and St. Columb Minor will be the ones to watch. The other three seem like straightforward wins.

Big question surely is "how many will be re-elected in May?"

That, and them winning a by-election in the same ward a few months back.

Lib Dems unseated quite a few Tory MPs IIRR.

Let's see how I do this week:

* Blackpool - Reform gain
* Harborough - Tory gain
* Kernow - Independent gain? (think the councillor defeated in May is running again. Least confident with this call)
* South Ribble - Lib Dem hold
* Suffolk - Reform gain

Trump staying classy and reasonable as ever.

Can see they're really scraping the barrel now

I'd back Zack. No contest.

Something tells me that's not what he had in mind...

I am *gobsmacked* by the level to which this is just being nodded through. This is a very prominent journalist platforming views that are light years outside of what most people think and include racist personal attacks on *named politicians of all parties*

Have to agree to disagree there.

McSweeney/Blue Labour would most likely bar him from contesting any by-election + even if he did manage to become candidate on current polling not exactly a huge amount of seats he could be confident of victory in.

With quality journalism like this no wonder the country's in such a state.