It’s similar in a way, to yielding the government to the Liberals, in 1905, believing they would mess it up. (View Post)

Something went very wrong with candidate selection. Louise Mensch resigning after two years, was the shape of things to come. Then, the parade of scandals ( sexual or financial), the spate of defecti… (View Post)

It seems too clever by half. LREM could limp back with a smaller seat number. (View Post)

RN look to be winning 31-32% in France. LREM on 15%, PS on 14%, Les Republicans on 8%, Other Right and Greens just above the 5% threshold. (View Post)

They’ve followed a relentlessly left wing line on social issues which is out of kilter with a fair chunk of Irish nationalist opinion, and they were caught on the wrong side of public opinion on immi… (View Post)