Of course, having the numbers to trigger a leadership contest and having the numbers to join a leadership contest that is already underway are not identical considerations. (View Post)

My mother was born abroad in Southern Africa, her birth registered to British parents and only came to the UK on a parental passport at around 6-7 years old, only obtaining her own British passport i… (View Post)

Local elections have proved useful start points for by-election predictions and indeed for quite a lot of GE24, even if prior orthodoxy and analysis spoke to their limited usefulness. I did quickly s… (View Post)

In amongst the thought that the Boriswave definitely needed to be quashed, I am slightly concerned that a large undershoot on immigration longer term will be demographically unhelpful. I think we are… (View Post)

Something weird occured to me whilst I was watching Eurovision last night. The high camp and outright smut seemed to have been toned down quite a lot in the songs themselves. At stages I did think an… (View Post)