The popular vote margin has been below 5% in 5 of the last 6 Presidential elections. Prior to that it was only below 5% in 1 out of 7 Presidential elections*. Close, polarised, elections are a featur… (View Post)

One of the reasons for paying MPs and ministers a salary is so that they can afford to pay their own way, and they aren't dependent on the largesse of wealthy donors. It's why PMs have the … (View Post)

Well indeed. So we have to assume that Starmer has the moral blindness which makes some people think it's okay for them to do x, y and z, because they know that they are incorruptible, while the… (View Post)

It's the bad judgement that frustrates me. Did he not notice the complaints about people paying for Boris Johnson's flat redecoration? (View Post)

Fourteen years for the Labour party in opposition. I can't imagine that they spent many of those thousands of days looking forward to justifying a Labour Prime Minister receiving large personal … (View Post)