27 minutes | Monday, 12 October 2026
The Chief Minister election takes place tomorrow and on this evening’s Agenda the proposers of the two candidates explain why they’re backing the Jenkins or Thomas camp. What are our new MHKs looking for from the new government? Can we finally break the cycle of electing new faces to the same old government? Will cynical realism eventually dampen the bright (perhaps naive) optimism of the members and their Chief Minister candidates. I really hope not but if it was easy surely we’d already be living in the sunny unicorn infested uplands?