But that’s always been the interesting thing about getting involved in politics. For the young eager proto-politician, as I was so many decades back, you sign up to your local political party, and wh… (View Post)

For Reform, people - even supposedly experienced analysts - overlooked the difficulty of converting protest votes into seats where those votes are relatively evenly spread - Bexley being the textbook… (View Post)

You couldn’t understand why people would vote Green, yet there are hundreds of them right where you live; indeed you just came within 37 votes of having a Green councillor ! (View Post)

Which is sensible, keeping the hope alive, while maximising the time Starmer has to soak up all the bad news that is incoming (View Post)

Remarkably, that was how Streeting got his first break in politics; having been beaten by yours truly in my own ward, it transpired that a newly elected Labour councillor in another ward was a teache… (View Post)