They're incredibly authoritarian. In the last council elections here, they broke through with two councillors, then told them both that they expected the councillors to vote according to however… (View Post)

The next county council elections will probably be fought on the housing/planning issue. (View Post)

Coming down heavy on second home owners, especially ones kept empty for much of the year, is a quicker way to get more housing units onto the market. Planning is IMHO a relatively small part of the p… (View Post)

Very clearly, Starmer will follow the Blair playbook of trying to bestride the pragmatic, 'what works' centre ground, marginalising both Tories and Reform to squabble over whatever is left … (View Post)

The top graph is the interesting one. Normally, the losing party’s held majorities decrease, the winning party’s held majorities increase, and those seats of the losing party with small majorities fl… (View Post)