The best politicians are honest about themselves. In a recording from earlier this year the newly selected candidate for Southampton Itchen, Sidney Yankson, had a few choice words about his own candidacy. It doesn’t fill you with confidence for the now-formerly battleground seat…
Yankson describes how he missed out on Selby due to “an inside job” before immediately coming runner up in Kingston upon Hull West – which Yankson says he knows nothing about (“is it twinned with New York?“). Eventually he describes that he got a call: “so can you come to Southampton, someone has pulled out? I said alright, so I went to Southampton.” Ruminating on why his attempts had kept failing Yankson says “I looked at my CV and said, you’re basically crap, that’s why you’re not in the final three.” In a seat with a Conservative majority of 4,498 he might need to find some self-esteem before Thursday…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”