I honestly don't think timing was their problem. They took a bad hand and played it poorly. But they'd have had a similarly bad hand in May, or October, or January, or whenever, and Sunak wasn't a be… (View Post)

Very hard to even say when they lost their 'last' election, due to the split between Asquith and Lloyd-George Liberals. Asquith was practically wiped out in 1918 (so was it that election?), but Lloyd… (View Post)

Do we actually know turnout is high, or is this all anecdotal? This quite often happens at General Elections - people go to the polling station, it's a lot busier than when they voted in the locals t… (View Post)

Labour were down to 52 seats in 1931, losing 235 MPs... and won a massive landslide 14 years later. There was no inevitability about it all, of course, but nor is there that one hammering is goodnigh… (View Post)

No it won't. We'll know the result at 10pm, and it'll almost definitely be either a huge Labour majority or a smaller than expected but perfectly servicable Labour majority. I mean, there will be muc… (View Post)