Which is what has fried the Conservative Party. For centuries, it was a deeply cynical pragmatic organisation, because the point was to win and keep power. Which worked quite well for the country, be… (View Post)

The trouble is that ditching Badenoch would be an example of the standard political fallacy: We (Conservative MPs) must do something. This (ditching the leader) is something. Therefore, we must do th… (View Post)

The party as was, or left wing carpetbaggers? As for share in the polls, remember the lesson of the Alliance. Vote share is vanity, seats are sanity and swapping first place in Waveney Valley for imp… (View Post)

It's not even "You're on your own, Europe". It's seeking to direct Europe in a very specific ("help Europe correct its current trajectory") way. American power with… (View Post)

It's not easy being Green. (I've got some sympathy for the current batch of Green MPs. They've gone to all the trouble of getting elected, only to be lumbered an opportunist gob on a s… (View Post)