In my local by-election in deepest Leicestershire earlier this month compared to 2021 the Conservative vote went from 59.8% to 26.4% and Labour from 13.2% to 3.4% Whilst the 2021 result was a larger … (View Post)

Forget these fringe elections - watch out for Fleckney (Harborough District Council) tomorrow. Icarus fighting hard to replace a Tory. What will Reform get ? (View Post)

Re the Budget: The answer is 2p or 3p on the basic rate of income tax but with a large increase in the tax free allowance. They would be able to say that they have not increased tax for a large propo… (View Post)

The answer is 2p or 3p on the basic rate of income tax but with a large increase in the tax free allowance. They would be able to say that they have not increased tax for a large proportion of the po… (View Post)

I am fighting a District Council by-election in South Leicestershire (on 6th November) and personally knocking on over 150 doors a day - Numerous "WelI I used to be Conservative" comments. (View Post)