Constitutionally though that Parliament was right, in the UK Crown in Parliament is sovereign, referendums are nothing more than glorified mass opinion polls. MPs and peers can choose to implement th… (View Post)

More like 2/3 of current Tory voters would go Reform, about 1/3 LD, near 0 Labour or Green. They do need to win more centre ground swing voters though to beat Reform as you say, whichever of Reform o… (View Post)

Swinney can say what he wants, Starmer has made clear he will refuse to allow indyref2 regardless https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq69q36gpg8o (View Post)

Free trade is liberal but not especially rightwing, plenty of rightwingers from Derby and Disraeli and Joseph Chamberlain, to Baldwin, Enoch Powell and Warren G Harding and now Trump have been protec… (View Post)

Yes, the Australian Liberals and Nationals Coalition from 1949 to 1972 and the Canadian Liberals from 1935 to 1957. Plus the US Democrats held the presidency for 20 years from 1933 to 1953 and held C… (View Post)