"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" as Tory Edmund Burke might have commented on ye-olde-pb.com. (View Post)

The first thing you always do in government when considering a policy with long term costs and benefits is bin the business case/impact assessment/cost-benefit analysis though, for several overlappin… (View Post)

I wonder how many of that 70.7%, like me, were on a plane to Panama that day? I well remember logging on to the airport wifi when the plane landed, reading the exit poll and punching the air, to the … (View Post)

I've heard rumours of a giveaway budget next year as the Conservatives' only hope as things stand. That also implies going late - probably over the summer if it works, in the winter of next… (View Post)

On topic, as I've pointed out before, the difference between first preferences shares between the Tory and Labour candidate (excluding the other candidates) and the second round shares between t… (View Post)