See also Lou Haigh. But more importantly- I want to see Burnham defend something unpopular on the grounds that it's the necessary thing to do. Or even the right thing to do. He doesn't have… (View Post)

Or the 75p pension rise in... (checks date)... 2000. Blimey. Highlights how deeply embedded the national sense of entitlement is, though. (View Post)

You need seats that are narrowly held by Labour, but a) aren't nice enough to be Lib Dem b) are too nice and have too many people with actual jobs to go Reform. There are a few, I suspect. Centr… (View Post)

It's a good survival strategy; see the Liberals, who probably would have vanished completely without some intense local campaigning. Two catches though; The key one is that it's a heck of a… (View Post)

Hard to distinguish the deliberate strategy from "Reform are our spirit animal" self-indulgence. Talking of which, Exc: Grant Shapps believed to be one of at least 10 ex Tory MPs who have f… (View Post)