Ukraine hit two Russian oil refineries overnight (Perm and Yaroslavl) plus a number of targets in Rostov oblast, marking an escalation in the scale of their deep strike capabilities (and/or a diminut… (View Post)

I believe some of the counts are expected to drag on into Saturday. One of the advantages of an overnight count is that there's an incentive to finish the count as quickly as possible. I'm … (View Post)

Damien's numbers don't add up. Greens +100 compared to expectations, Tories and Labour also outperforming, but Reform not underperforming enough to balance. (View Post)

I think the way I would characterise these results is that it looks like five-party politics is here. This is bad for Labour and the Tories, obviously, but it would have been worse if it looked like … (View Post)

I think his failure to attract more votes was mainly due to not having any sense of purpose. He could have developed a slightly more right-wing sense of purpose, or one to the left, or even a purpose… (View Post)