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August 25, 2026 at 08:05
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I see The Great Leader has ruled out* a General Election this year.
As I said on the previous page, on balance it was unlikely. My highly speculative punt was only due to the price.
He owes his position to a lot of compliant backbenchers. Given that a snap election would probably cost at least 70 of them their seats, I doubt they would have thanked him.
* He also stated on 15 separate occasions that he would serve a full term as Mayor of Manchester, so his word is not worth much.