Survey after survey has shown that Scots are no more "progressive" in their attitudes than anyone else in the UK. The reason for the "progressive" majority at Holyrood is that man… (View Post)

The one advantage that the Conservatives have is that, from the point of view of voters, despite everything, they remain a credible party of government. Many will struggle to see Farage/Reform in tha… (View Post)

Sadly, the cycles (just like elections) turn. A riposte courtesy of Ezra Pound: “Winter is icummen in, Lhude sing Goddamm, Raineth drop and staineth slop And how the wind doth ramm! Sing: Goddamm. Sk… (View Post)

My second-hand experience of council politics is that a lot of elected councillors prove to be pretty unbiddable, and that's with members of established parties, with local party apparatuses, and a d… (View Post)

There's nothing "conservative" about Reform. They want to break the whole place up. They are populists - a different thing altogether. (View Post)