Mmm. But if you leave aside the eye-popping (not sure how to measure that) you're describing what I'd call a lively debate. The vice-chair sounds unreasonable but I've been called wors… (View Post)

Yes, that's something I saw again and again with constituency problems. On the whole, the welfare state works pretty well if you're literate, have a computer, and are perfectly organised an… (View Post)

1/5 on Labour beating Galloway? I'd price it at 1/50 myself. Depends on Kim declaring before Thursday that she's an alien planning to destroy all human life. (View Post)

Well, she's my wife (we live apart), and I played the "don't be ridiculous, I'm a former MP and we've been married for 20 years and lived in different places across Britain&q… (View Post)

The other thing against it, though, is that experienced canvassers aren't seeing it. It was obvious in Hartlepool that we were losing big time and countless Labour canvassers predicted it. Here,… (View Post)