Are the voters really that bothered about the Security Council seat? What use is it? Tony Blair's Labour Party was a very different beast to that which came within a hair's breadth of infli… (View Post)

Our electoral system encourages broad coalitions within the same party, rather than governing coalitions between parties. Whether you think FPTP is any good or not, that is one of its effects. There … (View Post)

The SNP are the party of independence. Lots and lots and lots of people want independence. So they'll keep voting for the SNP regardless of the circumstances. This is uncontroversial. So long as… (View Post)

That sounds about right, although one must remember that Scotland returned 72 MPs before devolution. Anyway, that's all gone now, to be replaced by the headache of selling a deal with the SNP to… (View Post)

Net +32 more than six years since taking the reins is still very good going. She's even more beloved in Scotland than Saint Rishi of Richmondshire is in England. (View Post)