I think, technically, an SDP seat - it was always quite WWC, and one of the rare working class of the Lib/SDP Alliance's seats. It was the sort of seat which looked like the electoral future in … (View Post)

There was a very good header about Medium-sized English Towns and the Hinterland seats (METHs - though ISTR there was an extra E - MEETHs?) back about 2008. It deserves a rerun. (View Post)

I noticed this morning that 'The New European' appears to have rebranded itself as 'The New World'. Its cover story is a picture of Noel and Liam Gallagher, alongside a picture of… (View Post)

Indeed. There genuinely aren't many places where the sorts of voters who the Conservatives think they are . outnumber the sorts of voters who actually vote for them. The Conservatives USP has al… (View Post)

That's a fair point actually, and I think one which crossed my mind while I was considering the above, though clearly left it again by the time I clicked 'post comment'. That itself wo… (View Post)