Is there also a convincing explanation for Craig Murray and GG? Probably there is, I am just not up to speed on it.

One thing that haunts me now is that, while people here and elsewhere were talking of hopes for a hung parliament, Starmer absolutely knew, years in advance, that radically reducing the size of the party, and the consequent number of votes, would not compromising him becoming PM. This was a strategic decision made years ago, and yet was effected by a halving of the conservative vote last Thursday: In other words, he knew years in advance that the conservative vote would totally collapse at the next election. Maybe I am missing something, but it seems curious to me.

(1) Starmer was the man, he had complete freedom to convificently eviscerate the party without consequence.

(2) GG earlier this year was a shock result, it could not be allowed to stand beyond some polite congratulations.

(3) The concept of Craig Murray in parliament was anathema to the establishment. He didn’t even split the pro-Gaza vote, he was presumably annihilated enough that the Adnan guy beat the Labor guy.