Well, as you're going back to 1980, I'll offer a view from the 1997-2010 period. It basically wasn't an issue then. I had one death threat, but laughably with the name and address of t… (View Post)

First post-Rochdale poll - Labour sails on undamaged, seemingly: https://wethink.report/polls/majority-of-brits-would-back-assisted-dying-in-uk-new-poll-reveals/ (View Post)

A niche point is that a number of animal welfare charities have approached all the main UK parties to ask for commitments to improved welfare. The score so far: LibDems and Labour: invited to detaile… (View Post)

Not exactly. The very sharp age bias highlighted by TSE is relatively new. You used to be able to predict voting intention by income. That is now almost entirely irrelevant - it's predominantly … (View Post)

A sense of purpose and direction is normally required in a successful political party. Even if people don't agree with it at first, there may come a time when they decide to give it a try (cf. T… (View Post)