They see themselves as a counterinsurgency force, carrying out raids against a terrorist-supporting population. They behave as if US suburbs are West Belfast in 1973, or Basra in 2007. (View Post)

@RochdalePioneers had she confined herself to kissing her spouse while topless, the MAGA’s would be chanting “we love lesbians.” It’s lesbians voting they object to. (View Post)

It depends. In the Red Wall seats, I’d expect the Conservative vote to collapse to Reform. That’s pretty much what’s happening in local elections. They could split the vote in the West Country. (View Post)

It demonstrates how communism kept these places artificially poor (pre war, what is now Western Poland would have been one of Europe’s richest regions). (View Post)

It seems highly implausible to me that the vote share for centre right/right parties in Wales will be lower in May than it was in 2024. If the Conservatives poll as little as 10%, Reform will win 30%… (View Post)