I can remember next to nothing about the declarations on the first election night I followed as a 15 yo (Oct 1964), because the excitement all came before and after the night itself. It more or less … (View Post)

I think I know the answer. In my part of the Cotswolds, support for Remain was in the mid-70s to mid-80s in 2016. But it was close to zero among most owners of £5mn+ estates - most of whom still beli… (View Post)

As an anti-Tory activist in a Blue Wall seat that used to be hyper-safe Tory heartland, I'd say blue-rinsers are close to extinct. The boom in high life-expectancy Boomers means most of our pensioner… (View Post)

I can. At least between 1700 and 2000 GMT I'd been at a sixth-formers' lecture in my local university (I was due to take A levels the following summer) and walked home to be told that JFK had been sh… (View Post)

And the value of a Farage pledge - any Farage pledge - is roughly the same as a Johnson pledge, but without the teeniest possibility he'll ever be in power, anywhere, to even try to do anything about… (View Post)