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)

Anecdote department - we kicked off the canvass season today, with 56 contacts. Compared with the same people in 2019, there is a substantial swing from Don't Know to Labour, and Tory to Won… (View Post)

To be fair, it was also because Corbyn - to the frustration of many of his allies - didn't try to impose left-wing candidates by central manipulation. The hard left view was that he'd drunk… (View Post)

Exactly. Similarly, my understanding is that the FO was not prioritising MPs' referrals because they had a high opinion of the initial scrutiny made by MPs, but because the MPs might cause troub… (View Post)

A nice constructive thread this morning, by the way - no trolls, no culture war. Feels agreeably retro. (View Post)