Not likely. Unless Burnham really does have PR as a priority and wants to push the pace. (View Post)

The Swiss got started out on their path to wealth by robbing people, and later charging people for, travelling across the Alps, after all; it’s a proven model…. (View Post)

That’s been said about liberal and LibDem leaders my entire lifetime. If they can hold seventy plus seats, mostly gained from the Tories, they stand every chance of becoming exceptionally relevant af… (View Post)

Or, maybe, that it can help the first time you do it in government, if you can advance a credible reason for it, but if the replacement leader doesn’t work out and you start making a habit of it, vot… (View Post)

Voters stuck with Blair despite the Iraq war (insofar as ‘stuck with’ can describe a majority won on a minority vote) and with Thatcher and Major despite the poll tax and the rest, in both cases beca… (View Post)