Indeed, and I was being a bit melodramatic. Plenty of other possible causes.

Still, only 15 in the study, and one SAE (participant outcome - death)- I’d be monitoring the safety profile in any phase 2 study *very* carefully…

“One participant died months after the infusion” 😬

We did. High LDL cholesterol is the biggest modifiable risk factor for dementia.

Don’t take my word for it:

#Lancetcommisiondementia

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Thanks Trisha!

- and that stopping Reform is the only game in town.

And it cuts both ways- if the Green rise and Labour slide were to continue, and the Greens were in the box seat to beat Reform/Tories in a constituency, then Labour should put the country first and not target that constituency

So if I was in the Green Party (and I have voted for them), I’d be working on the premise that it’s going to take a repeat of the last election- when there was massive tactical voting to keep out the Right- to stop Reform; and that, just on electoral arithmetic Labour have to be part of that…

“A week is a long time in politics”…

I can’t see how Labour recover to election-winning levels of support from where they are, but stabilising at about 20% seems entirely plausible, with the patchy distribution of support still giving them a decent number of seats

Can’t argue with any of that.

But what I would be wary of is assuming the polls now tell us much about what to expect at an election 2 or 3 years from now. Thatcher was dead and buried in the summer of 1981, but ended up with 3 terms. Johnson was a shoo-in for 3 terms and didn’t even see out 1

…plan for this scenario is.

I’ve asked you, and your answer is just “my assessment is right: what you say just won’t happen”

That serial denial there is a valid point to address, and restatement of the original proposition, is exactly what Labour and the Tories do.

#allthesame

With the Green wave you expect stalling around the same?

I’m not saying I know that is what will happen. Quite the opposite- I’m saying neither of us knows what will happen. But my scenario is hardly far-fetched. If the Greens are a serious party I think it’s reasonable to ask what their…

The floor of their vote is yet to be tested. You think it could be 12%. Maybe.

But: what if it’s not? What if you are wrong? That’s the question I’ve put to you five times, six now. What do you do if it turns out Labour isn’t dead, and shambles into the next GE on 20% of the vote?

But the assumption that the “wasted vote” fear is what is holding large numbers back from voting Green is yet to be tested, and when it is I think it is far from guaranteed that it will turn out to be accurate. Many will jump ship to Reform instead. But many are “Labour till they die”.

You presented your assessment of what you consider is likely to happen. You don’t know if that will or not. I noted that in many parts of the country, voting Labour is part of people’s identity. This is changing, and many are changing their vote. Many more will too, I have no doubt.

Five times I asked the question, five times you just restated the faulty premise I was questioning. It’s nice to see supporters of the insurgent parties are so faithful in upholding the traditions of the established parties… 😉

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