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Maybe Stirling for Scotland? It has the Wallace Moument, Castle (with Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum inside), Old Town Jail, Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Bannockburn Heritage Centre, Tolbooth Art Gallery etc Maybe Wallace Monument and Old Town Jail is stretching it, I'm...

I'm not that optimistic about the medium term future TBH. Labour might narrowly hold off Reform at the next GE but even if that happens we'll probably end up with some type of Reform-Conservative merger leading to a right wing gvt in 2034. There's even an argument that someone like Jenrick is...

He needs to get rid of Morgan McSweeney and Rachel Reeves. They were both very fortunate Labour did not come third in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by election and actually gained the seat from the SNP or else they might both have been ousted by now (McSweeney's wife Imogen Walker is...

Reform is still very weak in Edinburgh but they have been getting 15-25% in lots of local by elections in Fife, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, West Lothian and West Dunbartonshire for a while now. I expect them to get about 15 MSPs at Holyrood next year. I'm interested to see what happens if they hold...

I completely understand why they cut the X6 to Edinburgh due to lack of demand on the Tranent-Haddington section but the X4 really does seem completely pointless to me as the 113 probably takes the same time from Tranent to Edinburgh and the 124 provides a good service through the top of...

I think Air India's domestic operation is probably better now than their international operation based on my impression from flight reviews. I've only flown on the A320neo in premium economy January from Mumbai to Kolkata return. It was a Vistara acquired plane on the way back. I would have...

He's possibly unhappy with how Reform has campaigned in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by election. Really pandering to the lowest common denominator in the way they've targeted Anas Sarwar and Humza Yousaf. They might still come 2nd though as I can see Reform performing very strongly in...

I saw Liz Hurley with her son in January in one of the restaurants below the Oberoi Trident Hotel in Mumbai (she was presumably visiting her ex husband but not necessarily staying at either of the Oberoi hotels). That probably counts as major though. I had a bit of a double take but didn't go up...

It's been a remarkable election. Conservatives have done better than expected in Ontario as well as getting 41.5% nationally but Poillievre has still managed to lose his Carleton seat. I have no idea how Canadian politics will continue to play out. Will one more heave work for the...

I've thought Montrose is a bit of a strange place for southbound trains from Inverurie to terminate but I suppose that's partly to do with the single track at Usan and a lack of space to put southbound terminators at Dundee?

I think that's a given as yougov has her 15% ahead on 40%. I have no idea about policies, all I've heard about the race is about Jenkyns' residency but I assume it's not really an issue if she rents somewhere in Lincolnshire and then moves properly from Leeds after she wins. I assume this is...

Yougov has released their projection for the Canadian election and it predicts the Liberals will get a modest overall majority of about 21 on a 4% lead over the Conservatives. The NDP is also predicted to get by far their worst result ever with only 4 seats although they could salvage a few more...

I'm concerned about Reform TBH and am resigned to them winning in Runcorn and Helsby although we shouldn't necessarily completely overestimate their electoral prospects at the next general election as I think they'll just poll an awful lot of wasted votes in the North of England and Scotland in...

Yes, local elections are a different kettle of fish. The Greens seem to have supplanted the Lib Dems as the main opposition to Labour in Cambridge now. Will be most interesting to see how well they do in rural areas where they are already strong and the LDs are weak such as Herefordshire and...

I've been wondering if the Greens should be doing better. They had an impressive amount of momentum at the general election but they now seem to have maxed out at 9-10% despite Labour's unpopularity. This may be partly down to the FPTP electoral system. I hadn't clocked how strong and...