On thread: this data is all very interesting - but I'd suggest the key data is age profiles. I'd say Macclesfield is older, and the swing against Con will be smaller where that is true - an… (View Post)

Well, one suspects our new poster's local is somewhere east of the Gulf of Finland ... where saying you don't want a strong leader might be very unwise. (View Post)

Well I for one hope it's STV rather than AV. Which is right up the namby pamby end of the electoral reform spectrum. (View Post)

Since pb.com appears to be in cheerful wittering mode (and hooray for that), I will volunteer that in a little while, for the third and final time, I will read the final chapter of The House at Pooh … (View Post)

I once made the effort to go to the highly reputed but deliberately awkward chippy in Crookes, Sheffield, which still fried its chips in beef dripping or something. They only opened for about 90 minu… (View Post)