I'm not sure that's necessarily true. They broke through in 1997 (up 26 seats), with the disastrous unpopularity of the Major government, not in 2005 after the Iraq war (when they only put … (View Post)

I remember people saying that about them in 1989. Anyway, they may be on a national level, but they are the main opposition to the Conservatives across swathes of southern England. (View Post)

Oh no it's not! (View Post)

By the way, on topic, here is a classic PB thread from five years ago: https://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2016/10/06/jeremy-corbyn-has-appointed-sir-keir-starmer-as-shadow-brexit-se… (View Post)

We aren't more corrupt now than we were in 2015, at least relative to other countries. We were 11th= in the Transparency Rankings in 2015 and were 11th= in 2020. (View Post)