Donald Roy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span></p><p>Before the current travails of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reformuk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reformuk</span></a> could be taken into account <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electoralcalculus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electoralcalculus</span></a> gave <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> a 54% chance of holding the seat. This must now have improved somewhat. However it is never wise to underestimate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> 's capacity for gratuitous self-harm - the selections of candidates for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hartlepool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hartlepool</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rochdale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rochdale</span></a> byelections being cases in point! It has been reported already that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jonathanashworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jonathanashworth</span></a> may be interested in standing .</p>