Daniel Murray

They're under massive fiscal pressure.

So there's no goodies that he can throw out in the way that the Irish government can.

And yeah, if Starmer is becoming Britain's Joe Biden, the question is whether or not they make a mistake and choose a Kamala Harris or somebody else that can actually turn things around for them.

And also, don't forget, it's not just the local elections, but the devolved parliamentary elections in Scotland and in Wales.

And if you think about the results in those, imagine if Farage does get in in a couple of years' time.

You have then a nationalist English party on the one hand, and you have three nationalist parties in power, both in Northern Ireland through power sharing in Scotland and in Wales.

And that could become a very interesting dynamic in the years ahead.