He's got the best story for why the Conservatives lost (weak on boats). It may not be a true story, but it's a story and one that many on the right want to hear. And walking away from government six … (View Post)
The grim paradox of the Johnson/Sunak government's approach was that, by wanting to keep things open, they kept creating situations where it became necessary to close everything right away. Parallels… (View Post)
And because cause and effect can be separated by time. In this case, the short-run effect was to increase the number of owner-occupiers. But gradually over time, those owners became landlords instead… (View Post)
Really? Is there no behaviour by the party calling itself Conservative which would cause you to think "abstention isn't enough, I have to actively vote for the other lot?" I mean, I can und… (View Post)
That plan was like my "have a hot date with Margot Robbie by 2028/9" plan. Whatever one thinks of the ambition in either case, there wasn't the remotest hint of a series of steps that might… (View Post)