Distilling the reason why the Tories lost, I would say it's people have lost confidence that an ambulance will pick them up for treatment if they collapse in the street. Conservatives didn'… (View Post)

Although Labour definitely could lose its majority at the next election, I don't think the chart particularly supports that hypothesis. Labour has 40 or so seats with less than 35%, or one tenth… (View Post)

Point is, he knows about it now. What's he going to do about it? And what's the Labour Party going to do about it? (View Post)

I think asking the public to tick a box Yes/No because you aren't willing to make the case for what you think is the right policy is a completely inappropriate use of a referendum, and an abdica… (View Post)

Indeed. The Conservatives could go even further backwards from here, just as Labour did in 1984. The equivalent election you are referring to, 1979, saw Labour with a 37% vote share, rather more than… (View Post)