I think a bit much is made of the "Bailey did well" narrative. He was basically on a par with Goldsmith in 2016. That was a round of local elections that Corbyn narrowly won (by 1%) as oppo… (View Post)

I'm not sure that's "chaos" - indeed, I suspect it was Cameron's plan. Commit to a referendum in the manifesto for the benefit of the right, sacrifice it in coalition discuss… (View Post)

"Britain faces a simple and inescapable choice - stability and strong Government with me, or chaos with Ed Miliband." David Cameron, 4th May 2015. Thank goodness Britain opted for stability… (View Post)

On topic, whilst it's a fair point that Burnham not being an MP means he really shouldn't be favourite to succeed Starmer, the point that he was a weak candidate in 2015 isn't that per… (View Post)

There is a LOT of money in being a far right social influencer. There are extremely wealthy philanthropists with far right views who are happy (often quite publicly) to chip in large sums to fund peo… (View Post)