And that's one of those problems that's much easier to state than to solve. How do you win back a decent slice of the Reform vote without losing even more centrists? How do you then tack ba… (View Post)

The theory of it was sound enough- the basic pension had drifted a long way from national prosperity (hence the genuine need for WFA in 1997), and the means-tested bit had become so ubiquitous that i… (View Post)

@HYUFD is big enough and strong enough to argue for himself. But I'm not sure that's fair. It's more that he wants a Conservative government, and sees a Reform Rapprochement as a neces… (View Post)

So about 2/3 of Reform votes that did transfer, but about 1/3 of Reform votes in all. Which is kind of consistent with the model of Con-to-Ref movers. Some can, if push comes to shove, be attracted b… (View Post)

It's galling to those of us who enjoy thinking about it, and it must be infuriating to those who make a living from it, but most arguments make very little difference. If I were employing people… (View Post)