I don’t think it helps, honestly. I think the issue goes back to structural factors relating to candidate appetite, candidate selection, and perhaps also the lockhold London has on the rest of the co… (View Post)

That was kind of my point. Hague was never an actual numpty. He just seemed numptyish because frankly he was green and inexperienced. He needed seasoning. Suspect the same is also true of Badenoch. (View Post)

Not really, since PR creates list MPs aka unelectable party hacks. (View Post)

I appreciate that Labour’s triumph here is not utterly overwhelming, but Tory defeat seems comprehensive. Thank fuck. This ends the narrative about slow and steady Sunak, and I think the focus now wi… (View Post)

A chance, but less of a chance that it appeared last week. (View Post)