On the assisted dying bill: Wasn't the issue not so much the Lords as a whole (whose attitude seems to be "We don't especially like it but we'll have to go along with it") as… (View Post)

More of a problem in some bits of the political spectrum than others. If you are in a party whose MO is "saying the unsayable", sometimes you are going to have your people saying things tha… (View Post)

Possibly the significance of this poll isn't what it tells us about the state of play, but more how it frames the story. "Can't win here" will be the kiss of death. (View Post)

Doubt it. Looks like a reasonably accurate linear scale, with zero where it should be. Bloody amateurs. (Bit harsh to leave the Conservatives off, though the tactical considerations are sound.) (View Post)

The central mystery though... What happens in middle England? The boring suburbs, the sort-of OK small commuter towns? Provincial, but without the chip on the shoulder? At the moment, nobody is reall… (View Post)