Indeed. Although that's like saying that the cat shouldn't have chased the mouse. Johnson was always going to behave like Johnson; it's in his nature and having been elected despite that nature, firs… (View Post)

Conveniently ignoring that Johnson couldn't put a government together, and would have lost his seat in parliament or would have fixed the vote in parliament. You can't freeze time at June 2022; event… (View Post)

Correct. The question is whether swingback will occur at all. Commentators are still operating within their comfort zone of expectations, drawn from a blinkered experience. Reducing voter identificat… (View Post)

Thatcher's 'right' was in very much relative terms. By 1983, her Britain had a top rate of income tax of 60% and had gas, water, electricity, rail, telecoms and oil in public ownership. While she was… (View Post)

Tax cuts almost never give a poll bounce. The effect on incomes - and hence polling - is more gradual, where it occurs at all. (View Post)