Southern Tories aren't generally reactionary on green issues and not fanatically opposed to levelling up. Predominantly retired, I don't think they'll be terribly interested in lower c… (View Post)

That's right. We note the pledges but are sceptical whether the Government is doing enough to achieve them. You might, if feeling uncharitable, call them hot air. Some Tories are perfectly since… (View Post)

Opinium's anticipated swingback is a brave pollig experiment. If it's accurate, we should see the other polls swing into line with it as the election approaches. The problem is that each el… (View Post)

An interesting question, rather as when we discuss Scottish, is how far this election is driven by ideology and how far by personal liking. If we think of Badenoch, Braverman and Truss as all appeali… (View Post)

We need to be wary a lot of the reporting of the war, much of which is really anecdotal stuff designed to entertain partisan readers/listeners. Objectively it's clear that the Russians tried for… (View Post)