On thread, I think Mike is overstating the SNP threat to Labour's prospects beyond Scotland: 1. Labour's problem in 2015 was that Miliband didn't face down Salmond through a clear, unequivocal positi… (View Post)

I'm not sure that the perception of Sunak as a privileged oik had really sunk in yet, but I don't think that that is Starmer's main motivation for the policy. The main electoral benefit to Labour is … (View Post)

To tick all the boxes of the job description, as defined by the Conservatives, you have to be a serial liar, a philanderer, an incompetant blusterer, living in fiscal la-la land, someone who has neve… (View Post)

Indeed, I think Starmer would be quite prepared to let it happen and use the fallout in Scotland to Labour's electoral benefit. (View Post)

It's more a case of "Labour-inclined voters are too young to have proper ID." And of making sure that if they do have some form of photo ID, it bizarrely doesn't qualify as a form of "… (View Post)