I know it's just a flippant comment and the counterfactual is all too remote to be sensible. But this poll doesn't suggest we would be a "swing state" as we'd be safer for Bi… (View Post)

These things are fun, but they are all mad counterfactuals. If a radically different course had been taken almost 250 years ago, neither Britain nor America would be the same in all sorts of totally … (View Post)

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)