There's a pretty clear demarcation between assets that are the property of the Crown, i.e. the state, and those which belong to members of the Royal Family as individuals. This is regardless of … (View Post)

A question worth asking is: does Sunak have the ability to run a halfway competent election campaign? It's possible the Tories will overall run a better campaign than Labour and gain some ground… (View Post)

Boris Johnson tried to threaten rebels with a general election. What choice did he make? I don't find the idea that a PM can, or would, forestall an attempt to replace them by calling a GE remot… (View Post)

June, for example, would be an absurd choice of month for the GE. The election would have to be called either shortly before the local elections, or within a couple of weeks following. And yet June i… (View Post)

Inertia gets Sunak to December. When has any PM ever reacted to a bad election result by saying, "I know, I'll lose my job by following this awful election result with a general election.&q… (View Post)