Logically, yes. But we don't have government by logic, we have government by anticipated opinion poll. The Government reckons that football fans will be really pleased and few others will care v… (View Post)

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)