A question worth asking is: does Sunak have the ability to run a halfway competent election campaign? It's possible the Tories will overall run a better campaign than Labour and gain some ground… (View Post)

Boris Johnson tried to threaten rebels with a general election. What choice did he make? I don't find the idea that a PM can, or would, forestall an attempt to replace them by calling a GE remot… (View Post)

June, for example, would be an absurd choice of month for the GE. The election would have to be called either shortly before the local elections, or within a couple of weeks following. And yet June i… (View Post)

Inertia gets Sunak to December. When has any PM ever reacted to a bad election result by saying, "I know, I'll lose my job by following this awful election result with a general election.&q… (View Post)

Anyone know why December 2024 is 10/1 (with Skybet) for month of the general election? Kinda seems like an obvious date in the running - five years from the last election, late, but not have a campai… (View Post)