I stand to make my biggest ever gambling win if Labour exceed 500 seats (which is in hundreds, not thousands. But still). So this will do very nicely. (View Post)

That sounds more British. "I'm voting Labour, but I'm not going to shout about it." (View Post)

I've made this point before - but political flags strike me as ever so slightly rude. It would be like me coming up to you in the street, unannounced, and declaring 'Vote Conservative!'… (View Post)

Yes, and it would have resulted in exactly the same thing - anyone right of Tony Blair would have retreated in wary terror of what Labour might do; anyone left of Gordon Brown would have either stopp… (View Post)

I don't think that last line is true. But the point about HS2 for Manchester is not primarily that it would have offered someone in suburban south Manchester or semi-suburban Cheshire the opport… (View Post)