Theresa May's announcement is neither here nor there. MPs have been announcing their retirements for months, and will no doubt continue to do so. On the main point, yes, May 2 makes sense if Sunak ca… (View Post)

The 'both Houses' bit does matter though, given that governments tend to have a majority in one but not the other - as now. We did, of course, have that Fixed-Term Parliaments bit in our constitution… (View Post)

I'm not convinced there will be another fiscal event. I think the purpose of this one was for people to have had several months of tax cuts *in their pockets*. Having another fiscal event means givin… (View Post)

To be fair, not calling an election when you've teased it, very obviously prepared for it, and are double-digits ahead, is a rather different business from not calling one when you're (substantial) d… (View Post)

No it's not. The Lords retains its absolute right of veto on extending the length of a parliament, under the Parliament Act. It's the only thing the Lords *does* have full veto powers on (although it… (View Post)