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)

I expect Hampshire Tories’ promise to JR the local government re-organisation will go the same way…. (View Post)

The Count of Murky Crypto? (View Post)