There's enough of a constituency there for Farage that they'll believe this is an establishment stitch up. But he's starting to lose the floating voters he needs to become next PM. (View Post)

Yes, and in a way we had that in GE2017. The poles were radiating Corbynism and Brexit, and that was enough of an environment for almost all support to coalesce around the mainstream parties. (View Post)

Thanks. He can definitely play the anti-establishment card, and they're all out to get me, but that has to resonate to win with it. I don't think it does if his stuff doesn't pass the … (View Post)

But I'm ok with that because it's not the sort of seat where they'd make much hay. It's a straight Tory-Reform fight. And Andy Burnham has shown (admittedly for very different rea… (View Post)

I get that logic but the risk is the voters of Clacton are forced to have two by-elections and they won't thank the Tories for giving them no choice in the first. I'd fight it on an honest … (View Post)