Someone has already done the sums; 🚨 2026 LOCAL ELECTIONS TOTAL NUMBER OF SEATS CONTESTED (/2952): ➡️ RFM: 2,950 (99.9%) 🌳 CON: 2,893 (98.0%) 🌹 LAB: 2,857 (96.8%) 🌍 GRN: 2,824 (95.7%) 🔶 LDM: 2,5… (View Post)

Lowering the stakes briefly... Full marks for creativity to Umesh Kumar, who put in nomination papers to stand for Hounslow council in Heston East ward for the Lib Dems - and also to stand in Heston … (View Post)

The elephant in the room is that Nigel's not getting any younger, and this isn't America. He's 62 now, older than Cameron, only a year younger than Starmer. He'll be 65 in 2029- t… (View Post)

That's the thing about nutters (and Himself attracted the attentions of a couple over about 20 years). They're mostly as lazy as the rest of us. In the old days, they had to turn up at your… (View Post)

The Waitrose Belt National Party. Not so much a protest party as a mild grumbling party. It's a decent slice of the electorate and of the country. Maybe 100 seats next time. It doesn't get … (View Post)