PM Taro Aso in Japan 2009 is the only example anywhere I can think of out of all the 40 or so countries I try and follow, called GE before being ousted as LDP leader, landslide defeat at the election. (View Post)

A bit like forcing May out in 2019 meant they didn't recover for years....? (View Post)

IIRC, Japanese PM Taro Aso called the 2009 Japan GE before the LDP could oust him as party leader, but that didn't end well for the LDP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Japanese_general_election (View Post)

Only in the UK could part of our (unwritten) constitution be based on a letter to the Times in 1950 :) (View Post)

Wow electrifying stuff from the Liaison Committee grilling Boris. Impossible to get any work done :( (View Post)