Ed Stradling

15 years in the law. 15 years in factual & political TV. Now semi-retired and running @thetvmuseum.

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

@DPJHodges Here it is, John’s tweet was 10’days ago but now I see the poll was earlier, the same time as other polls showing a clear Starmer lead, so 🤷🏻

[John Rentoul @JohnRentoul]

Find Out Now poll of 306 Labour members, 15-16 May

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

@DPJHodges Sorry, the numbers i was referring to 10 days ago was a membership survey, if memory serves.

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

@DPJHodges they know voters don’t care what Vance says, but they figure every time a Labour figure publicly disagrees with Vance, a few more voters will think “hmmm they’re not on my side”.

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

@MrTCHarris As I understand it there was no way they could have saved him, even if an ambulance had arrived at the same time.

If that weren’t the case this story would be magnified a hundredfold.

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

It appears John Savident has risen from the grave to play his dream role.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 PICTURED: Former Prince Andrew with a large bruise on his face earlier today

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

This, from @matthewsyed.

If you think it’s difficult for the BBC, Sky & ITV (full to overflowing with Oxbridge graduates) to tread the line when facing a thousand daily accusations of bias, imagine for one moment being a policeman, faced with the same problem.

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

"It is outrageous this idea that you cannot be English or British because of your ethnicity."

Sunday Times columnist Matthew Syed, who won a gold medal for England, tells #Newsnight that he finds the idea "profoundly divisive".

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

Even if Reform keep their lead, one wonders how many seats they can win in a GE if Restore take 20% of their vote and the other parties tactically coalesce. Particularly if LD & Labour voters can bring themselves to vote Tory in the shires.

[Survation. @Survation]

Makerfield By-Election Update:
https://t.co/1qzdOOW1SO

Survation conducted a new poll of the Makerfield constituency. Fieldwork was conducted by telephone among 518 adults in the constituency between 26th May and 1st June 2026. A combination of landline and mobile data were used.

Methodology Statement
Population Sampled: All residents aged 18+ living in the Makerfield parliamentary constituency.

Total Sample Size: 518

Data Collection Method: Telephone interview. A combination of landline and mobile data were used.

Fieldwork Dates: 26th May – 1st June 2026

Data Weighting: Data were weighted to the profile of all adults in Makerfield constituency aged 18+. Data were weighted by age, sex, ward and 2024 General Election vote.

Targets for the weighted data were derived from Office for National Statistics data and the results of the 2024 UK General Election.

Margin of Error: Because only a sample of the full population was interviewed, all results are subject to a margin of error. For example, in a question where 50% gave a particular answer, with a sample of 518 it is 95% certain that the “true” value would fall within 4.8 percentage points of the sample result.

Headline by-election voting intention - Table V2 (likelihood-weighted, undecided/refused removed, no squeeze):

Candidate / Party / Vote share

Andy Burnham - Labour 49%
Robert Kenyon - Reform UK 39%
Rebecca Shepherd - Restore Britain 8%
Sarah Wakefield - Green Party 2%
Jake Austin - Liberal Democrat 1%
Michael Winstanley - Conservative 1%
Another party <1%

Base: likely voters, factored by likelihood to vote, with undecided and refused voters removed

Data tables are available here: https://t.co/mAcxDeCGIQ

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

@DPJHodges On b) if he matches Klopp’s points totals season by season I’ll take that, and so will you!

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

@SpeechUnion Presumably she wants to ban between 20-30% of spectators for each match then, yes?

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

@DPJHodges Because it might lose them a couple of hundred votes in a crucial by-election that’s on a knife-edge.

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

@DPJHodges They need to hire a sound mixer though. Very amateurish.

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

@Matthayden65 Yes

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

What a surprise it would be if Reform withdrew Chris Kenyon from tomorrow’s #bbcqt in response to Matt Chorley’s #Newsnight faux pas last night.

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

@DPJHodges It's probably OfCom driven, they have a formula which works for general elections, it may well be the same for by-elections.

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

@DPJHodges We’ll never know, because questioners don’t get to respond. But agree it was one of Starmer’s finer moments.

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

@Resetter2022 @joshsimonsmp @RobKenyonReform He’s a plumber as I understand it.

[Ed Stradling @edstradling]

@_DamienMcCabe @DPJHodges @lukerobertblack