Interestingly the shift has come almost entirely from direct CDU-SPD switchers (unless there are cross-currents that we can't see). People who aren't very political and are just interested … (View Post)

I'm not a fan of term limits (seems a restriction on the right of people to choose who they want) but I recognise that pattern with Tony Blair too. In the last few years in power, he apparently … (View Post)

Well...a story to appeal to Leon, perhaps. When I lived in Switzerland as a rising young IT executive in a very respectable, slightly stuffy pharmaceuticals company, I had a girlfriend who was up for… (View Post)

Yes, rather agree. I didn't consider voting for Coyne as he is too closely associated with the internal feuding, and really we need to move on from that. Wouldn't have considered Beckett ei… (View Post)

New Statesman on the expected Sharon Graham Unite win: It means that figures on all sides of the Labour party have found something to be pleased about in her probable victory. Graham is on the left, … (View Post)