The speculation is that it will be called on October 5, which is immediately after the Tory conference (which normally gives a short-term boost, though who knows these days) and immediately before th… (View Post)

Ramaswamy seems to be positioning himself as the "Trumpism without Trump" candidate. If Trump stays in, it's a losing strategy, but he seems well-placed to pick up many of Trump's… (View Post)

Most Swiss Germans don't speak French fluently, and vice versa - if you see a French Swiss speaker on German Swiss TV they'll be subtitled or dubbed. As you say, though, central government … (View Post)

I think it'd be nice (for that matter I was vice-chair of the all-party (yes, Tories were in it too) parliamentary group for WORLD government), but I'm not exactly arguing for it, since I c… (View Post)

FWIW I've just come across the Savanta MRP for the cnstituency from last December (the most recent, I think) - like all MRPs it extrapolates from constituency polling and demography to national … (View Post)