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On the one hand, I wish he'd bugger off and take his tired old sack of policies with him. On the other hand, I like the idea of splitting the Tory vote. I'm still leaning towards him just buggering off and letting the Tories continue making themselves unelectable.
If he can split the vote significantly, the Tories might finally give up on FPTP
Now there's an upside.
No way he'll split the vote. Any party he founds will just be known, if at all, as the party of the Barnard Castle Guy.
That’s like saying that the Tories are the party of the guy hanging from a zip wire. The messaging will still cut through for Agnes, 83, who saw a person of colour at ASDA last week and is worried immigrants are coming for her pension.
Be careful what you wish for, the last time a split of the Tory vote was threatened we ended up with, well, everything since 2015.