Starmer elevated factionalism to new levels - he expelled a chunk of the parliamentary party and pushed a big chunk of the Labour coalition to vote Green. This led, in part to his downfall. Because i… (View Post)

Keep your Own Party - every party member is, in fact, an individual party. This harnesses the inherent factionalism on the hard left. Since everyone has already split from everyone else, no splits ar… (View Post)

Remember that polls lag events by 1-2 weeks. Lots of people are just discovering Burnham is PM. And, in fact, just discovering Burnham exists. (View Post)

An American friend had occasion to pass through Brown's constituency. When I told him that it was the PMs constituency - and a PM who been second in the country for a decade before that - he was… (View Post)

Nearly all politicians favour their home region. Trump is stealing from everyone and *punishing* his opponents on an epic, epic scale. It's one of those things where magnitude does, in fact make… (View Post)