If you buy the notion that today our politics is presidential layered over a parliamentary system, big swings like Mark Carneys are possible. Yes the Tory brand is still a disadvantage, but she is cl… (View Post)

PS congrats to Tories kicking SNP arse. Well deserved. And utterly delightful to see the British voter to tell foreign influencers dressed in union jacks to naff off. (View Post)

Strange feeling to wake up to good news. Let’s hope Burnham can pull a British Carney. We’re in a presidential politics age , albeit one layered over a parliamentary system. (View Post)

Thatcher , Major, Cameron and Johnson all actively reached beyond the tribe. In the old world it was THE only winning strategy. Unfortunately social media and fragmentation has changed that equation … (View Post)

Which is a real problem. You end up with political mistakes like “the deplorables”. The more successful politicians have always looked beyond the tribe. Unfortunately social media rewards bubbles. So… (View Post)