I once went canvassing with a chap who had a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth when he rang the doorbells. I did gently dissuade him after the first couple... (View Post)

That's very well put, and also a good analysis of the Labour membership and why we picked Corbyn but then eventually went for Starmer. (View Post)

He sounds amazing, and lived a life most of us won't achieve. I'm so sorry that he's gone but it sounds as though he had a very good friend in you. All the very best. (View Post)

That's also the response to the accusation of mysogyny. I rather like Liz Truss - she remains notably calm under fire, as even the ever-unpleasant Quentin Letts admits, and her occasional shy sm… (View Post)

That's the rub, though. Say replacing Liz by X reduces the Labour lead from 25 to 15. If it can only happen with an election soon afterwards, that's still a mass purge of Tory MPs. If you&#… (View Post)