MJW

Eh, this is nonsense really. Obviously pro-Europeans lost the referendum, but now it's reality it's Brexit that is incredibly unpopular, with its supporters searching for betrayals and increasingly d… (View Post)

I'd disagree with that - the overall strategy is fairly clear I think, if you listen to some of the bigger thinkers in the Labour millieu. It's to basically take that working age cohorts that won Lab… (View Post)

Because these things generally don't stick around as first order issues unless there's some exacerbating factor or it has huge unforeseen negative consequences? If they did, Ed Miliband would've beco… (View Post)

Regardless of the merits or otherwise, of course the SNP oppose it? Their lodestar beyond nationalism is opportunistic oppositional politics. That means opposing any Westminster tax rise or cut as oh… (View Post)

I suppose the question is how you define a 'bad candidate'. Kerry for what it's worth wasn't a poor candidate, he came within one state of beating an incumbent president who still retained significan… (View Post)