lol. Prompts me to tell my classic weird racist tale that I'm not sure I've told here before. I was doing my weekly "Hi I'm your MP, how are things?" canvass round, and came … (View Post)

Yes, I do support PR too, despite the drawback that you rightly identify - it provides transparency on what voters actually think and encourages positive appeals ("Vote against X" doesn… (View Post)

Yes, you're right. I remember how depressed I felt in 2010, when Labour had really run out of ideas and our appeal was entirely "Stop the Tories!" There's more of that in Labour&#… (View Post)

The worry has to be that, on a small turnout, he could get well up into the 30s of votes cast with 20% support in the constituency, and the imams telling everyone at prayers tomorrow to go vote for h… (View Post)

Just on the personal point, as you ask, I know them both, and IMO Corbyn is scrupulously honest and personally austere, and (also IMO) Galloway is neither. Thus, I credit Corbyn with a genuine sense … (View Post)