There's a reason for that. Reform aren't a serious prospective party of government. Not for 2029, anyway. There's an irresistible force of everyone else being hated and Nigel being our last hope, but… (View Post)

Nationally, they have lost five percent of their May victories to resignation or expulsion. https://bsky.app/profile/samfr.bsky.social/post/3m4aikslnus26 I don't have the figures for other parties, b… (View Post)

The old Conservatives, yes. Indeed, the "I'm not very political and that's why I'm a Conservative" archetype was an archetype for a reason. Civic duty, paying a bit of my privilege forward,… (View Post)

To extend the Dad's Army theme, I wonder of how much of Farage's appeal is channeling Joe Walker. A spiv, sure, but a useful one who was mostly on the side of the angels (as long as he could take his… (View Post)

But are they? As opposed to putting out adverts that shift the most breakfast cereal to the most customers? Which is pretty cynical, but that's the advertising business for you. (View Post)