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)

But what if you book the meet-the-spider experience for the polling stations where you expect your opponent to do well and the cute kittens for the polling stations where you are strongest? Might tha… (View Post)

It's empty calories propaganda. Colour by numbers PR. The Idiots Guide to Blairism, implemented by a wooden puppet. (View Post)

Just a note on "hero voters". This is the name for the voters who didn't vote Labour after 2005 and before 2024. Labour's vote share in 2024 only went up by 1.6pp, while the "… (View Post)

One of the weirdnesses of the 2024GE was that in vote share terms Labour did really badly. They only increased their vote share by 1.6pp when the government party was shedding 19.9pp. Meanwhile you h… (View Post)