"Almost" identical is quite important in a close race. One in two hundred voting for Perdue (half a percent) but not Loeffler could very easily mean he's elected and she loses. (View Post)

It's very hard to unpick, but actually you'd expect historically Perdue to do better than Loeffler as a "real" incumbent anyway. Appointed incumbents apparently don't get muc… (View Post)

It was already effectively over, to be fair. Like Jared O'Mara in the last Parliament, she's been staying on for the pay cheques. (View Post)

On topic, I think the article romanticises the standing of leading shadow cabinet members pre-1997 (and indeed pre-2010). There's a big aspect of hindsight here. At the time, they were pretty wi… (View Post)

What sort of f***ed up meeting involves someone seriously saying, "hang on, everyone, before we decide, let's listen to what Gavin Williamson reckons we should do as he often makes really g… (View Post)