For those of us in the animal welfare corner the contrast with the reported Australia deal is interesting. Australia has some callous welfare standards which are nonetheless cost-efficient (feed lots… (View Post)

As I argued earlier, this is because it's apples (voter preference) and oranges (how people actually voted). The latter already reflect a chunk of Labour tactical voting. (View Post)

Hard to play the Coalition of Chaos card again IMO. "We already have a coalition of chaos - it's the Tories..." would be an effective response. (View Post)

That's right. Corbynites might well vote Green in safe seats, but can recognise a marginal when they see one, and they're much more anti-Tory ("evil") than anti-Starmer ("uni… (View Post)

Red wall polling has shown a substantial shift to Labour, though I've not seen a recent one. In general it's unusual if a party slumps in one area and rises in another - people within each … (View Post)