The Tories are beyond the political event horizon now. They would need a mighty large assist from Starmer and Labour to survive now. That's not impossible, but it is unlikely. (View Post)

I guess it shows that Britain got itself into an awful mess having different income-related taxes not paid by different groups of people. If you had just one income-related tax, paid by everyone (wit… (View Post)

If the Remain campaign had managed to convince people that a Leave vote would lead to higher immigration then it would have been a landslide for Remain. But I can see why they didn't try that ar… (View Post)

I'm not sure the opinion polls were wrong, as such. They showed high levels of don't knows, and there was a low turnout. This meant that the "no" side, who ran a much better campa… (View Post)

I don't think it was a strong vote for the status quo, reflecting social conservatism. A lot of people voted no because they didn't think the replacement wording went far enough - lots of c… (View Post)