No, Labour would have seen its majority fall, and Brown would have been a lame duck Prime Minister, cursed by his own side for calling an unnecessary election. (View Post)

Judges do expect people to give them a proper reply to their questions. (View Post)

Should the police have just let people be assaulted, even killed, by flying pickets? Or allowed an elected government to be removed by force? (View Post)

The Conservatives did very badly in May, but still gained control of some authorities, which was not happening in the nineties. They held both Uxbridge and Old Bexley, whereas in the mid 90's th… (View Post)

A number of things: 1. No one wins on the day by 20%+ unless the situation is truly exceptional, like 1931. 2. The right of centre vote in this country is well above 30%, even on current polling. But… (View Post)