The decline of Sunak shows how important perceptions are in politics. Once feted as a brilliant money man, he proved utterly incompetent as a leader. And once that slide started he couldn’t stop it.

As far as I know, all the papers have endorsed Labour (probably not the Daily Mail).

Sure. So you gave yourself an “Historian” label, huh…

You said implication is meaningless, therefore there is no 8mplication for you. But, you choose to spend time on it.

So, no implications for you. How convenient

The king makes it so.

So, not so quiet, then. Roberts? You own this.

Being called a “centerist” always makes me laugh. I can just imagine the labels you give yourself.

Romney got 47% and lost. I’m well aware of the exceptions.

One of my former wives told me to just at least look for a little optimism, so here goes…

I think you could make an argument this might be “rock bottom” for a Democratic campaign given the media narrative over the past week.

But Trump still can’t hit 50% or get over the hump to a majority. So the one possible good takeaway is that this would indicate that if we could get our shit together, there’s hope.

A new New York Times/Siena poll finds Donald Trump leading Joe Biden nationally among registered voters by eight percentage points, 49% to 41%.

Among likely voters, Trump leads by six percentage points, 49% to 43%.

Overall, 74% of voters view Biden as too old for the job, an uptick of eight points since the debate.

Nate Cohn: “In each case, it’s a three-point shift toward Mr. Trump since the last Times/Siena survey, taken immediately before the debate.”

“Historically, a three-point shift after the first debate isn’t unusual. In fact, it’s the norm. Over the last seven presidential elections, the person generally considered the winner of the first presidential debate has gained an average of three points in post-debate polls

Big Gretch for VP. You heard it here 1st.

Like I said, the implications are yours. That is a fact. In that you don’t like it changes nothing.

To be asked to step away after one bad debate performance is a shitty pill to swallow. Especially for a guy like Biden, whose performance in office has been outstanding IMO.

It’s a parliament, so they vote for local representatives who in turn vote for national leaders.

I may be 100% wrong, but this feels like a leak that’s meant to buy time.

Pure speculation, but I could see them asking Democrats to withhold judgment on calling for him to withdraw just for a short time in order to give him a chance to change the perception.

And stories like this are a way to signal to the rest of the party to hold their fire … for now.

No shit.

The centrist and left-wing parties have agreed to drop their candidates in districts where either’s candidates may split the vote in favor of the far-right. It would be like the independent candidates that take votes from Biden drop out to give him better margins.

This is a story about a story, but I’ve got to admit that’s one hell of a headline

Slipping a new nominee in has the result of chaos. But, if you consider that chaos will not be a problem, then you don’t remember Eagleton.

You make your own implications.

That’s called a fact and there is literally nothing you can do about it.