...and your definition wouldn't cover the case of Lee Rigby... ...but the hard cases make bad law (or less-than-perfect legal definitions, perhaps) (View Post)

Thank you; I overlooked Alan Brown who left Labour to sit as an Independent in 1961, before joining the Conservatives when they were in Government in 1962. (Technically, does a two-stage process coun… (View Post)

The last MP to defect to the party of Government was, I think, Grantham MP Quentin Davis in June 2007. But it seems you have to go back to 1972 to find the last time someone defected to the Conservat… (View Post)

I was an HS2 agnostic when the plans were first announced. I get a lot has changed since the original decision was made: costs have increased, the pandemic has added considerable uncertainty to passe… (View Post)

Is there any data from previous elections (1997 may be the best comparison, not because the outcomes will be similar [we don't know that yet], but because the overarching narrative this far out is si… (View Post)