This is an interesting exercise by Electoral Calculus but I suspect overstates the likely impact, as it starts from an entirely clean slate and draws up seats which may be logical but depart quite a … (View Post)

Much though I respect Nick Palmer, the premise of this article is ludicrous. "But the practice has almost died out" - what on earth are you talking about, Nick? There were a shed load of de… (View Post)

It's true that, if you look at Jacinda Ardern; squint a bit; imagine her as a far left, grumpy old Venezuala obsessed nutcase with a huge and unaddressed anti-semitism problem; and ignore the fa… (View Post)

He appears to get elected as Unite's General Secretary, and to have won praise from Corbynites for providing muscular support, so they clearly do exist in the Labour movement, I'm afraid. H… (View Post)

I saw it differently - it did sound like an antisemitic trope to me. But you're entitled to take away something else and we don't all have the same references. What surprised and worried me… (View Post)