Depends what "credible" means. If it means "will do fundamentally what governments have been doing since 2001" then what's the point? (View Post)

The biggest difference was how close he was seen as being to power. You do remember 2017 and Labour MPs on doorsteps telling people it was safe to re-elect them because Corbyn couldn't possibly … (View Post)

Indeed. And when one side has used it, it's a bit rich of them to complain when it's used on them. (View Post)

Getting a Tory/Reform coalition is going to be much harder if the electorate perceives it is possible. (View Post)

All three examples, of course, were post-election U-turns. Put them in the manifesto and Starmer maybe gets a majority of "only" 80-100, and much less post-election blowback. (View Post)