I'm afraid this is broadly right. Tim Farron was and is tremendously likeable - witty, empathetic, charming. But he arrived kicking and screaming at gay marriage after extensive prayer and doubt… (View Post)

Sure. Johnson's Conservatives won 58% of the vote in 2019 in Chichester and 48% in Cheltenham. Support for the Conservative Party will have fallen quite a bit since then, and support for Johnson… (View Post)

Do R&W cue party names? As you say, I'm not totally convinced most people know who Reform UK actually are. Clearly, people here do and some of their poll will be "real". But I do w… (View Post)

I think that's unfair to Javid, who doesn't have an FPN to his name, does have a compelling back story, and did have the integrity to step down in 2020 at a time when he could have bent ove… (View Post)

I'm sure she speaks well. But there's a difference between giving a statement and answering questions as a pretty junior figure, and dealing with the big Parliamentary occasion. Look - I�… (View Post)