I'm a metric man myself - no idea what my weight in stones is. But I expect that *allowing* traders to do what they like will be mildly popular. The main danger is that it so obviously is just a… (View Post)

Fieldwork on this one 25th-27th, so spans the Sue Gray report and the Sunak package. My prediction was that after the Sunak package the lead would drop to 1-2, which seems to fit with the 3-point lea… (View Post)

Yes, I phrased it badly. The keyword there is "many". I absolutely think there are also many principled Conservative MPs, and probabhly quite a few who feel conflicted between principle and… (View Post)

Yes, the relationship between Johnson and the Conservative Party has become purely transactional (was it ever anything else?). If many Conservative MPs think (and polls are really the best available … (View Post)

Good spot. I'm not sure that the history of Boris putting his arms around people has always ended well for them, though. (View Post)