Loss of Finace = Loss of Power....

Interesting news over at Guido that Labour are now surpassing the Tories for fundraising.

Of course the biggest contributors to Labour are the Unions where their members are forced to contribute to political funding unless they opt out, but the Tories seem to have lost a swathe of funding by comparison.

There may be a number of factors contributing to this, but I'm sure the Tory preoccupation with Brexit to the detriment of all other matters (and managing that poorly) is losing them considerable donations.

I did predict back in December that May would last as PM until May. I'm pretty sure the unchallenged college-level bullshit coming out of Labour on taking utilities back into public ownership without actually paying for them (in essence stealing them) has gone down well with the the youngsters down at the student uinion bar, but Theresa May's inability so slap down such naieve bollocks with proper grown-up facts has won her no favours with Tory funders. Or Tory voters.

There's also the fight between Tory central office and the local constituencies over who decides on candidates is losing them lots of grassroots support.

I think that Labour will win big in London and the North. They will pick up the UKIP places on local councils as UKIP has become irrelevant in politics again.

More gains for Labour will mean more crowing from the far-left trots in charge and a Tory Party looking more and more out of touch and at risk. Drastic measures i.e. getting rid of Theresa May might stem some of the damage, but the longer it goes on, the longer the distraction of Brexit continues, the longer Philip Hammond is in place and the even more strident "sack 'em all" Anna Soubry are allowed to brief against Brexit , the worse the damage for the Tory party. (and yes I know that differeing viewpoints is healthy debate, but really those two need to wind their necks in because they talk as if they represent the majority of voters.... and of course the anti-Brexit BBC laps them up.

May will be a pivotal month. Either the Tories have the spine and killer instinct to be able to do what is necessary to survive, or they lose power and wither and die politically.

In the back of my mind Theresa May keeps reminding me of Neil Kinnock. Sure she bested him by actually winning an election (just) by just seems the same wishy-washy, couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag, indecisive sort of non-leader. Surely the Conservative Party have someone better to put in place?

Even Boris' speech last week on Brexit (has he been taking lessons on how to be serious for the past few months?) sounded like someone who you could actually see running the Conservatives. He swept away the cobwebs with passion in his speech, which was refreshing compared to the Maybot. Sure, the old Boris almost came through the new veneer and almost cracked a few off jokes, yes he even still quoted Latin during the speech (no-one understands it Boris!), but you could see he was trying his best to be un-Boris-like. he wants that job.

Well, only a couple of months of training to go Boris, hopefully by May they can have him talking without having to make a joke every 5 seconds and that urge to quote Latin will be put to bed for good. This is not school Boris, you don't have to be the cheeky chappie to avoid being bullied and you don't have to quote Latin every 5 seconds to prove you're an intellectual either. Just please, for God's sake talk plain Engish!

Hmm, Boris as PM and JRM on the front bench.... it could work. It would certainly earn the Tories undoubted reams of free publicity and column inches. They just need to make it positive.