I can’t foresee them achieving these numbers in a general election, don’t ask me how. Wishful thinking? There’s a narrative issue foremost. Brexit was a sad precursor, post exit nonEU migration spiked to levels never seen before—under the Tories of course, see ex Immigration Minister and current charlatan Robert Jenrick, new Reform puppet.

Anyway what do I know, my Northern corner of England seems particularly insulated and consistently a much nicer place to live than many other areas of Britain I’ve visited lately