Tameside. Wasn't born there, but my family mostly were, lived there for 16 / 18 of my childhood years, and went to schools in Denton, Hyde and Ashton. Typical in its anonymity of the sort of cob… (View Post)

I've been thinking about my Rochdale predictions, which were too high for all the main parties, and 10% too low for Galloway's roof, which I put at 30%. Apart from an anti-politics feel and… (View Post)

Meanwhile, one of Galloway's discarded old hats from a previous campaign is rediscovered: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68438582 (View Post)

I suspect the LDs looked at it and thought, are we going to spend our target seats money defending Rochdale in a few months time? And the answer was "No?" Plus, few ideas for an overly lite… (View Post)

I think we can think about likely vote share ranges in Rochdale, but with a lesser degree of confidence than usual. Galloway: A successful Galloway campaign broadly equates to the Muslim vote in a co… (View Post)