Yes, it's an illustration of what the nebulous thing "Trust in the other side to be negotiating in good faith" can achieve. It was totally missing before, both ways. I'm not incli… (View Post)

I think that will enable most potential Tory rebels to hold fire and enable any semi-vote to pass without much fuss. If the DUP come up with a "maybe, but..." a week later, the moment will … (View Post)

It depends a bit what one calls "lasting" (since literally nothing lasts forever). But in terms of impact of everyday life for most people, the huge drop in waiting times for the NHS was th… (View Post)

I'm finding that around half the people intending to vote aren't aware of the issue - and this is in a prosperous Surrey town. Might change by polling day, of course, but there will certain… (View Post)

I think that very few voters will care unless Humza chose to make a big thing of it, any more than people care whether Sunak is a practicing Hindu. The only difficulty about Forbes is that she is per… (View Post)