No, you can't fatten a pig on market day. Simply return uprating of benefits and benefits to the governments's discretion at the annual budget. It gives a lot more flexibility to deal with … (View Post)

I think that the benefit of a broad membership is not particularly to do with subscriptions. It's about presence on the ground during campaigns, albeit only a minority of members do this. The ot… (View Post)

Selzer is good, but I would always be a bit sceptical of a poll of just 808 people in one state. No poll is better than its sample. (View Post)

I have no problem with social conservatism, and in many ways am myself. Key for me though is letting others live differently if they choose. It makes no sense to me to favour economic freedom and wan… (View Post)

I think she will rub a lot of people the wrong way, particularly if she goes heavy on the social authoritarianism of the National Conservatives. I think she is quite socially conservative herself, bu… (View Post)