PJH

And if you are right, this will be a seismic event. Assuming I have counted up correctly, since 1918 a total of 236 constituency elections have taken place in the current boundaries of Surrey and the… (View Post)

Also, the boundaries have changed to the Tories' advantage in both Romford and Upminster. Labour only won by 649 in Romford in 1997 (to everybody's surprise - no actual campaigning took place as both… (View Post)

My own view is that all Public Sector bodies should be given a budget for a purpose and be allowed to recruit at salary levels as they see fit within that. Why a supposedly free market believing gove… (View Post)

I'd be interested to know how common this is across the public sector. In the government programme where I'm working at the moment, only about 20-25% of the staff are permanent Civil Servants, becaus… (View Post)

I'm almost with you. I don't think the Tories will (quite) poll 33, but take 5 from Reform and add to Con and the rest look about right, unless something dramatic happens between now and January 2025. (View Post)