The idea that the Tories have any credibility on restraint of public spending is laughable. In 2010 the Debt to GDP ration was 69% (this was post the 2008 financial crisis, in 2007 it was only 40.7%)… (View Post)

The point is that polls are lagging indicators. So given the utterly abject mess they are making of it, it is hard to see the Tories coming anywhere close to their current rating. PB has a pretty goo… (View Post)

It is yet another way that Johnson is alienating the raditional Tory base, and as we saw in C&A, people are beginning to vote accordingly. (View Post)

While it could be wishful thinking, I sense a sea change coming. The Nasty Party, blue in tooth and claw, is beginning to take a bit of punishment. Labour and the Lib Dems are increasingly stronger. … (View Post)

As far as the Constitutional conventions are concerned, MPs are elected as representatives of their constituencies, not as delegates of their party and they are expected to serve the national interes… (View Post)