Blame Osbourne. He wrote the indemnity when he wanted to bank gains on the QE programme many years earlier which contributed to the fiscal position (and reduction I'm borrowing) back then. This … (View Post)

Is it fair to say there's very little redeeming feature in the Tory results? - Big bye election loss - Almost 500 councillor seats lost and in third place for seats won behind the Lib Dems - Ove… (View Post)

Nah I'm on Andy's side on this one. If it's close enough for a recount, every part of the election should be recounted. To be able to pick and choose areas to recount is worse than doi… (View Post)

Yep South West London regional assembly goes to Lib Dems with Labour in second place. Tories a close third but 17,000 votes behind the Lib Dems. (View Post)

All this rubbish about how close the London race is. London is huge. How would anyone have sight over a representative sample of votes before counting starts? Let's hold off creating narratives … (View Post)