Absolutely. Chesham could be written off as a weird seat - elitist Remainer commuters who were the epitome of Cameron Conservative rather than Johnson Conservative, with a bloody great railway line t… (View Post)

The Tories need to be really serious about the size of the swing here if the bold LD claims are right. The indication is Christchurch and Newbury levels, rather than general midterm discontent. They … (View Post)

Regardless of the result, there is an interesting counterfactual in that, when Owen Paterson resigned, the Lib Dems suggested a Martin Bell-style independent anti-sleaze candidate and Labout shot it … (View Post)

Do we know it will be knife-edge? Betting odds and various "well placed source" comments made Chesham look tight on the night, but it wasn't actually close. I mean, it might well be cl… (View Post)

That's embarrassing for Walsall Labour if true. But, in all honesty, what sort of vetting role do you think any party leader or the higher echelons of any party have in the process of verifying … (View Post)