For a reasonable time, yes. Their 2010 map was extensive, but a bit of a mess. Celtic seats going back to Jo Grimond and before, some university towns and lots of random places that happened to have … (View Post)

Lobbying group lobbying for favourable treatment from the government? Maggie knew to ignore that sort of thing, and she was right. (View Post)

I think you're right, and it explains some of the messaging from the Reform-adjacent and their useful idiots. "Everything is so bad that Nigel can't be any worse" is tosh in many … (View Post)

That question only works if you add the other half of the equation. Do we want a hospitality industry so much that we are willing to increase other taxes or cut other spending to subsidise it? Do we … (View Post)

Pretty much. From there to Toby/Harvester/Pizza Express, anyway. Yes, I know. Or a very short menu done brilliantly, I guess. (Reducing the options was Gordon Ramsay's usual refrain on Kitchen N… (View Post)