As a bit of an extensive but useful digression there, Labour has actually been a coalition of the metropolitan and the working class since the 1890s. The trade unionist, art historian and proto-femin… (View Post)

A Labour party led by Yvette Cooper or Liz Kendall would probably be at between 25 and 30%, roughly equivalent for Labour to Davey's standing. There's simply a much smaller market for busin… (View Post)

I think he's trying to create a civic language that Wilson also quite liked, that is really quite far from Borisism, I would say. Although he has a social-liberal approach to spending, Johnson i… (View Post)

PB on average tends to lean centre-right, as in its majority choice for Ed Davey over Layla Moran, which is only one part of his potential constituency ; the test is the reaction first in the Red Wal… (View Post)

He's simply setting out the mood music at this stage, trying to reassure both left and right of his party, and setting out the markers for a beginning of a rebranding exercise that isn't Ne… (View Post)