“No Minister, I beg you,” replies Sir Humphrey. “A basic rule of government is never look into anything you don’t have to, and never set up an inquiry unless you know in advance what its findings wil… (View Post)

The abyss under Sunak and 100 to 150 Conservative MPs forecast now is still better than the less than 50 MPs and near extinction the Conservatives were projected to be on before Truss resigned. Best … (View Post)

Judging by previous experience of the last 2 times parties lost power, 2010 and 1997, the next Tory leader of the Opposition will be a relatively dull careerist in the middle of the party like Ed Mil… (View Post)

Yes and even 30% would be a lot better than the 25% they are now on and if they added all the voters lost to RefUK and DK since 2019 they would be on 35% even without winning back a single voter lost… (View Post)

To win elections you secure your core first and then reach out to the centre. If you alienate the centre and your core you end up like Clegg did in 2015. Anyway the Tories aren't going to win ba… (View Post)