She sprung it on the voters in the middle of an election. One needs to make the case for reform, over a period of time. (View Post)

One can be too pessimistic, as well as too starry-eyed about human nature. It's easy to assume that people in rich world countries are so stupid, and so selfish, that they would gladly see their… (View Post)

Bercow simply believes in whatever is expedient, at any particular point in time. (View Post)

One thing to note is that Russian assaults have fallen away markedly, this year. Russia cannot sustain losses of 1,500-2,000 per day, indefinitely. Russia ought not to be given concessions that it ca… (View Post)

More than a merger, I suspect you'll see a shake out of voters. In Red Wall seats, and Wales, I'd expect to see Conservatives go heavily for Reform, in order to defeat Labour, whereas in mo… (View Post)