Virtually no chance she'll be next out. A bit of tension between the neighbours has been a feature for decades - given how pivotal economic policy is, it isn't at all surprising. But those things to … (View Post)

In fairness to Clegg, his manifesto didn't get him a majority in 2010 - it got him 57 MPs. So inevitably there were quite a lot of things in his manifesto he was in no position to get, and he had to … (View Post)

Oh, it was deeply unpopular for sure. But the premise I was challenging was that a minority party in a coalition can be held to manifesto pledges to the same extent as a party with a huge majority. C… (View Post)

That's a really odd example to give in two senses. Firstly, whilst establishing the modern NHS and welfare state and defeating Nazism are both very different challenges, neither was ever frivilous. T… (View Post)

On topic, the sandwich story is a silly thing that will be fairly quickly forgotten. What should worry Tories, though, is that it's indicative of Badenoch's pretty well known malfunctioning internal … (View Post)