The one bit of good news is this kills any ambitions Farage may have had of a reverse takeover of the Conservative Party. It's actually quite a significant development in that respect. (View Post)

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)