One warning on this. Nowadays, the most negative stuff can be put out on targeted social media through astroturf groups, and that way the party behind it, doesn't suffer the negative consequence… (View Post)

I'm not sure it's *that* bad, but Sunak had the advantage over everyone else of knowing that he was calling the election, so you might think he would have been a bit better prepared for doi… (View Post)

I think the underlying position that Britain finds itself in today is much weaker than in 1997, and so it's not just the point of the economic cycle that the country is in. Things are genuinely … (View Post)

I've only ever cycled to Tiverton Parkway. At the time, some years ago now, the cycle route took you onto the platform, without passing through the station entrance itself. This meant that, if I… (View Post)

A dissolution of Parliament is for life*, prorogation is for Christmas. * Well, until the writ for new elections is issued and we go through the whole thing all over again. (View Post)