Yes that's right. It is ironic that a split of the rightwing vote deprived the Tories of both seats, whereas the concern was that a leftwing split in mid Beds would give it to the Tories! Quite … (View Post)

I've put together a plausible switching matrix that mirrors last night's results in both constituencies. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BucryrqabapwnmRAqH3U-hMxAi3Zd_sfRLd21yb2AXo/… (View Post)

I think step one is for Netanyahu to go. He has fostered Hamas in order to have an implacable opponent who will not reach a peace agreement so Israel could continue creating "facts on the ground… (View Post)

I think the LibDems had two key strategic decisions to make on mid Beds. 1. Should they stand? I think, not knowing what Labour was going to do, they made the right decision to stand. They went in ha… (View Post)

Yes - UKIP/REF and also the Greens would do much better under PR - and so they should. I'm not in favour of a list system (to much power to the Parties and no choice for the voter and no local a… (View Post)