SDP councillor on Oxford City Council in the 1980s, I think? Not spoken of with any great affection locally... (View Post)

Always good to be reminded that Nick Clegg was only the second most disastrous LibDem politician of recent years, after Lembit Opik. (Though Danny Alexander is in with a shout, too.) (View Post)

The big tell for me is London. People talk about London being a near-impregnable Labour fortress, an island whose voting behaviour doesn't influence anywhere else. As if everyone who works in Lo… (View Post)

Stockport is interesting. Lib Dems become the biggest party, Greens take a very working-class ward. Entirely anecdata but I had some contact with a Stockport Labour cabinet member recently and "… (View Post)

If you want a touchstone for "Labour's new middle class heartlands", Chipping Norton will turn Labour on Sunday, entirely with the connivance of the Greens and LDs who have deliberatel… (View Post)