Bearing in mind both the Labour (pro-Putin) and Reform (anti-royal) candidates in this seat have blown up, then he may get close to 10% (though more likely to 5 I suspect). (View Post)

Not sure about that. Tugendhat comes across as likeable and level-headed. Military bsckground won't harm him either. Could appeal to Tory members wanting an end to chaos, and someone they, and the pu… (View Post)

Covid and Ukraine did for taxes, while Truss finally did for reputation. While I understand the reasoning behind @leon's forecasting of Faragism triumphant, I rather suspect that most surviving Tory … (View Post)

I've always thought Corbyn as Labour leader was a decisive factor in the result. Privately, as an old Bennite, I'm sure he was anti-EU or, at best, ambivalent. (View Post)

I was at an event where Peter Chapman, Aberdeenshire farmer and former MSP recited two long Doric poems from memory. Probably only understood one word in three but the meaning was unmistakeable and i… (View Post)