Labour is tantalisingly close to a real breakthrough in Scottish seats - it's not hard to imagine a further narrowing of the Lab-SNP gap based on tactical Unionist voting plus continued slight e… (View Post)

To some extent I think this is the cohort of voters who were more left of centre as usual in their 40s but who have not moved to the right as they got older, as was the past pattern. Perhaps because … (View Post)

I don't know how many politicians in Brussels you knew/know, Richard? My view, not limited to any particular party, is that the standard of Euro-MPs is distinctinctly better in terms of getting … (View Post)

Same in next-door SW Surrey, where they're in coalition with LibDems, Labour and Green. Their leader, an upright no-nonsense oil executive, was told what to do by the Tories on a planning issue,… (View Post)

The "mediocre" is a real Telegraph caricature. Like all caricatures, it can be born out by a minority of individuals, but mostly I find public service staff rather more dedicated and commit… (View Post)