Pollsters are renowned for getting it wrong over and over again, not least in the latest US election. Though JL Partners founder James Johnson has outdone outdone himself with his latest blunder, writing in Conservative Home today that the US result means “We are not set for the first Black President of the United States”. Eh?

Obama might be a bit miffed by that. No wonder Theresa May was a disaster with him as an adviser…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”