Since it happened, I've always wondered if Huddersfield constituency in GE 2019 holds the record for the winning vs runner up candidates in a UK parliamentary election: Barry Sheerman (79) beat … (View Post)

What we all tend to miss here and in the custom of the air around most Tory defenestrations being thick with leadership plotting, is that the defenestration and the election are two separate event. B… (View Post)

It should be noted here that "his best shot" and "a good shot" are not necessarily the same thing. If he beats the Tory candidate, he'll feel justified. (View Post)

Well known people get ill all the time - the great and good, celebrities, people noted in their field. Some are not so famous or only periodically in the public eye and are able to say nothing, some … (View Post)

A dissolution ready reckoner for all possible election Thursdays: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9921/ "Dissolution is deemed to have occurred just after midnight at… (View Post)