Really good, perceptive post. (View Post)

The sizes of the age groups in the admissions chart are surely VERY different, though - 15-64 is huge, 85+ not so much. So showing absolute numbers seems misleading? (View Post)

Almost everything is a rounding error in government spending - it's a lazy argument used to promote any number of vaguely desirable projects, some of which would also produce impressive hypothet… (View Post)

FWIW I've had an on balance positive report from a Labour source who I trust in Batley and Spen. I still think the Tories are favourites, but I wouldn't back them at less than 1.8. If Labou… (View Post)

I don't. There's a big mismatch between the only poll so far and the articles by Hodges and Jones. They tell a similar story so can't be dismissed as purely anecdotal, but both focus o… (View Post)