Interesting long-range election preview from Oxfordshire's indie news blog. They seem to think that three county seats could fall to the LibDems, one to Labour, and can't call the fifth. ht… (View Post)

If Lee Anderthal joins Reform, the main outcome won't be him taking votes away from Labour, it will be the Conservatives swerving right in sheer panic and thereby nuking their remaining chances … (View Post)

You say "idiotic", but John Burn-Murdoch, who is by no means an idiot and almost certainly smarter than you or me, says this is broadly what is happening: https://www.ft.com/content/c361e37… (View Post)

We're in an AONB, so there are planning constraints preventing the town expanding anyway. Even in a city which is adopting 15-minute principles I don't think there's generally a presum… (View Post)

Someone who's good at data journalism - Anna Powell-Smith or someone like that - and who doesn't mind ferreting around FOI requests, could actually work this out. Take the list of public ap… (View Post)