That's not exactly true. If we had perfect foreknowledge and could see that with a pact (explicit or implicit) we would form a government with LD support and without it we wouldn't, then I … (View Post)

Corbyn would have had different problems. He would have depended on people who would have thought he was never being quite left-wing enough - "a disappointment", people like McCluskey would… (View Post)

I obviously don't. But my impression is that most Tory MPs see the relationship with Boris Johnson as transactional. If he gets them reelected, they're not too bothered about what he does -… (View Post)

To be fair, it's not a LabourList poll, it's a report of what the party claims its internal polling is showing, reported without endorsement (https://labourlist.org/2021/12/tory-lead-in-nor… (View Post)

Interesting, thoughtful post. By comparison, I know a woman who married someone 28 years older than her. She was about 35. The marriage lasted happily, as far as I can tell, with two kids - he's… (View Post)