You can win a General Election with less than than 35% of the vote, and indeed secure a landslide (ref: 2024 GE). Therefore (2) leads to a majority Reform government if 35% of the electorate vote ref… (View Post)

Of course, such a lack of mandate can and regularly is, ignored. No incoming Prime Minister has ever stood outside No. 10 and said (as part of their incoming speech), "Despite our system not req… (View Post)

I think since 1945, most Prime Minister changes have occurred as a result of internal party machinations, not general elections. Attlee, Churchill, Wilson, Thatcher, Blair, Cameron and now Starmer al… (View Post)

We're already at war with Russia..... but for some reason people don't like to say. Assymetric warfare, cyber warfare, they push we ignore etc etc. But yes, it'd be good to just acknowledge it; but w… (View Post)

I read the first two sentences and thought, 'that's the opposite of true'... then I read the rest and thought this guy belongs in a nursing home. If I didn't know in advance it was Trump, I'd have sa… (View Post)