The broken bit is members and activists. People who just want things run well don't join political parties these days; obsessives do - and while obsessives always have, these days their proportionate… (View Post)

Likewise with WW1: An Austrian archduke was killed - all the soldiers were killed in pointless, muddy, bloody battles - except the ones who were shot for shellshock - because the generals were useles… (View Post)

Yes. The only two logical dates for the start of WW2 are 1941, when the various wars across the globe merged into one, or 1937, when the earliest of those regional wars began. 1939 is a Eurocentric i… (View Post)

I thought it might be interesting to look at past poll leads, given that Labour is regularly hitting the +20s at the moment. The Tories under Cameron never managed a +20 or better lead during the fin… (View Post)

On topic, I note that while Mike mentions that the Tories have only held 35% of their 2019GE voters, the Lib Dems have kept even fewer: just 33%. Despite that, they'll still make gains. (View Post)