To illustrate your point, the LDs vote share went up 4% in 2019 but they lost 1 seat. Digging deeper, in 2017 the LDs came second in only 38 seats. In 2019 they were second in 91 seats (80 Con, 2 SNP… (View Post)

New MRP poll from the Telegraph. Fieldwork 27 Jan to 5 Feb "The Conservatives would be relegated to Westminster’s third party behind the Scottish National Party in a snap election, new polling f… (View Post)

Leaving aside the leader ratings that Mike has highlighted, which effectively show Sturgeon and Starmer all but tied in net terms, the rest of the IPSOS findings are also worth a look.… (View Post)

On the contrary, it is very clear that you're trying to face two ways at one, depending on which way suits you at the time. Perhaps that's why you won't commit to a specific position, not that I care… (View Post)

I note a correction in the second edition. If an empire is plastic, it won't snap. It'll just deform into a state from which it can never elastically recover to its former self. Snapping requires it … (View Post)