This SNP business I find a bit surreal. Whatever her other failings, Nicola Sturgeon appeared to me as some sort of model of schoolmarmy responsibility, like the headmistress of a small but heroic sc… (View Post)

This is the sort of thing that would cause Al Murray's Pub Landlord to explode in rage. Why choose that fancy French muck when there's so much honest, straight-down-the-middle, no messing a… (View Post)

5) Because many younger voters, even working-class ones, seem to look at Europe very differently. They will be thinking about the poor comparative state of the British economy compared to our norther… (View Post)

If the LibDems have any sense, in the event of a hung parliament, they'll demand a referendum on single market membership in exchange for support, and not let themselves be bamboozled. (View Post)

Hung parliament, minority Labour administration with Lib Dem support still a reasonable possibility, methinks ; though I think somewhere between a narrow overall Labour majority , and all the way up … (View Post)