The CofE includes some incredibly wise people. It's just that wisdom doesn't equal smart, and the really wise ones aren't in charge. And that's only partially because nobody wise would want to run th… (View Post)
It's worse than that. Unpopular parties panic and split, as you say. But then the public decide they don't like split parties, so the party becomes even more unpopular, and said party enters a doom l… (View Post)
I wonder if there's also an element of not grasping the rules- the five week campaign (six with washup) is fairly recent. Ted Heath went from announcement to defeat in three weeks flat in 1974. Findi… (View Post)