Re: calling elections. This link really should be in the PB standard bookmarks: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9921/ (View Post)

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 cobbled … (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 being bli… (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)