Vaguely on topic, Blackman is right. Constitutional theory is about 100 years behind the reality and we could really do with a modern-day Bagehot to point out that actually, yes, the people are sover… (View Post)

On topic, yes. All PR messaging requires credibility in the message and the messenger. I don't think CCHQ understand the extent to which they're lacking on both points. They've also reached the point… (View Post)

Yes, and to that end, Reform. Partly, as you say, just to stir the pot. But also with a medium-term aim of replacing the Tories with them, either by supplantment at the polls or reverse-takeover (a r… (View Post)

October means calling it in the first half of September. That's certainly possible but leaves quite a lot to the chanciness of the summer silly-season stories. If the political/media narrative isn't … (View Post)

And that's without mentioning the NHS, energy bills and mortgages. (View Post)