Yes, Philippe is a serious rival to Le Pen. As you will know, some Melenchon voters will break in the second round for Le Pen and vice versa. Le Rassemblement National has many left-leaning socio-eco… (View Post)

No, it's not a strong area for the LDs. They'll save their fire for the possible by-election in Hampstead. Any campaigning they'll do in Runcorn will be to develop strength in any possibly winnable l… (View Post)

She's got one thing right: Tory priority must be to take on Reform. The LDs are the Tories eternal rivals, but they're not an existential threat, like Reform. At most, LDs can take Tory seats, but Re… (View Post)

Almost everybody on here is writing Kemi Bad off. But she's only been in the job for three months. You're all assuming she's incapable of change. (View Post)

Just this week I had that Ed Davey being highly praised in the only rag I ever read - the FT. Malcolm, it was a speech on forming a customs' union with the EU. What is all this shit about "appea… (View Post)