*****STRAW IN THE WIND ANECDOTE ALERT******* I just had lunch with a former colleague who is now head of a public sector quango. He is, or was for the 25 years I've known him anyway, a man of few dis… (View Post)

I wouldn't dignify it with the name of "theory" - it was an evidence-free assertion that survived God knows how many disproofs. Voting intention is the best predictor for voting, unsurprisi… (View Post)

No I think those were short-term fudges to cover a fiscal shortfall caused by their shovelling of money to their public sector union paymasters and crank causes like billions in climate aid. Not desi… (View Post)

But first year unpopularity should be a sign of painful radical reform which will pay off in the long term, as it was, rightly or wrongly, in the Thatcher years and in the coalition government. Inste… (View Post)

I DO understand the maths, and the data in the study doesn't really justify the clickbaity headline or the sweeping statements in the introduction and conclusion. It isn't entirely invalid, but, as i… (View Post)