There's still an 'old-school farmer' element within the UUP, who would be much closer to a traditional 'knight of the shires' form of Toryism. But, yes, most of the party today are fishing in the sam… (View Post)

No - Allister is TUV, and is theoretically in an alliance with Refuk. That alliance was negotiated when Tice was in charge, and Farage has since shafted them by endorsing Allister's rival. Given that… (View Post)

Yeah, I worry about this. I know they're meant to record them but at the elections in May I saw two people being turned away before giving their name & address, and no obvious note being taken by… (View Post)

Labour's vast majority means both are going to be irrelevant in terms of parliamentary politics. I'd guess Refuk will prove to be more successful of attracting attention outside of that. I wonder if … (View Post)

Doubling up, certainly - not sure about brining in grandees just yet. I'd expect Sunak to form a bare minimum shad cab for now, and leave decisions on grandees vs lords etc to his successor. (View Post)