FWIW I'm told that there are literally hundreds of Labour helpers on the ground in Uxbridge. Not hearing that about Somerton and Frome, and suspect that the unofficial, unspoken different focus … (View Post)

I understand that Nadine has missed the deadline to have a by-election in mid-Beds before the recess, so I think we quite likely won't see one there at all. The candidates in Somerton and Frome … (View Post)

Yes, quite, I lost Broxtowe in 2010 partly due to the intervention of a Green candidate, who got under 1%. A few months later, he joined the Labour Party, and I had a hard time persuading loyalists n… (View Post)

We had a CLP discussion on this earlier this week, when there was a proposal to support universal school meals (to eliminate stigma and help the not-quite-poor). I argued that there were any number o… (View Post)

Very noticeably the impact of the rate rise - Labour up 9 among people with mortgages. Little movement among outright owners (who still like the Tories, +9 over Labour) and renters (who still hate th… (View Post)