I forget where I read it, but Terry Pratchett once wrote about his signature that it was simplifying over time, and he expected to end up as a straight line. He did a lot of book signings - I went to… (View Post)

With a very small number of exceptions polls have always overestimated Labour's share of the vote, so I think it would be sensible to assume that it's still the case. However, given how far… (View Post)

Replacing Truss with Sunak didn't ultimately do much to improve the Tories fortunes. They were polling in the low-20s when she was forced out and received 24% at the 2024GE. Should the Tories ha… (View Post)

I love this sort of juxtaposition. (View Post)

Miliband is the unity candidate. Cooper the backup if it turns out Miliband genuinely doesn't want the job. (View Post)