The Waitrose Belt National Party. Not so much a protest party as a mild grumbling party. It's a decent slice of the electorate and of the country. Maybe 100 seats next time. It doesn't get … (View Post)

Forget about a formal pact, even a 'oppsie, we left our list of target seats in the gents in St Stephens Tavern' arrangement that Labour and the Lib Dems definitely didn't have in 2024… (View Post)

What makes it worse is that there's a basically unavoidable tradeoff here. Reducing trade frictions is a good thing, but it requires the same rules to apply on both sides of the ex-border. (And … (View Post)

It was rational(ish) when solar panels were exotic things, as rare and expensive as fine rubies. Then (and it wasn't that long ago), they were the pricey bit of the process, and it was necessary… (View Post)

In the early days, he was seen as an identikit centrist Cameroon. But he's been on "a journey", as they say. Only question is how much it is a) sincere belief, b) pouncing on an opport… (View Post)