I've been scratching my head. For the parliamentary counts you see on TV this sounds ridiculous, but I'm not sure in what ways local counts differ, are there decent numbers of observers milling about… (View Post)

My question, then, is more of whether observers and candidates actually turn up in decent enough numbers, whether for overnight or next day counts, to prevent this, or whether it might be quiet enoug… (View Post)

FPT. Not particularly envisaging a by-election here, but with Reform just on their national average vote and 24.5% Green-Left vote, a single candidate from the latter could be the most credible chall… (View Post)

One of the things Starmer is quietly disliked for is that he comes across as genuinely having the interests of the technical middle classes, who often share some of the football, pint and pop tastes … (View Post)

I'm now wishing I hadn't fnarred that one (View Post)