Even the "if mortgage costs come down a bit" only works for those on variable rate mortgages. For the majority of people on fixed rates, the current dynamic is still the increase from about… (View Post)
I'd like a Street-ite Conservative Party. But it ain't going to have Andy as its leader. He's currently 60, ever so slightly younger than Starmer. So at the election after next, he'd be 65. That's ju… (View Post)
Oof. That graph of 1992/1997/2024 makes it pretty clear that it's more late Major than early Major. Except that in 1997, most pollsters weren't getting Shy Tory Adjustments right- hence the overshoot… (View Post)
On one hand, the whips had no choice. Threatening to dish the dirt on errant MPs is one of the tools in their armoury, and you have to be prepared to carry out threats you make, or you lose credibili… (View Post)