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)

FWIW, as a disinterested and non expert neutral, I thought the England team had a very good tournament, especially beating their hoodoo against Germany. Losing at the last by the narrowest of margins… (View Post)