People forget that, for all the "Things Can Only Get Better" collective memory of 1997, turnout was down more than 6% on the previous election. It then slipped substantially again in 2001. … (View Post)

I think it's a good portrait. It captures the sense (a bit literally but still) of the office of PM hanging heavily on her shoulders. Which is true of her FAR more than either her immediate pred… (View Post)

I don't think this will be what HMT were approving, as that's not the order of how things happen. As I understand it, the DoE will have bid to accelerate the programme from 50 per year to 2… (View Post)

When you start pining for the comforts of opposition, you're doomed to be in opposition for quite some time. (View Post)

The Daily Mail headline is particularly striking. They know their readership and this is a very damaging story for Sunak, which is being handled poorly by him, Hunt, and Keegan That said, TINA remain… (View Post)