Happy New Year Keir! Fresh polling from YouGov has Labour in third place for the first time since the election on 17%. The Tories sit on 19%, and Reform once again leads on 26%. This is the second time Labour’s poll rating has dropped to 17% since Starmer became PM. At the time of going to pixel, he is is about to hold his first cabinet meeting of 2026, with the cameras allowed inside for the first few minutes. Should be plenty of smiling faces…
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.”