The grifting potential of an ex-PM is immensely in excess of that of a bog-standard peer. (View Post)

Or the mechanism. Yes, she could green-light the Tory right to send in letters but that still requires a VoNC to be carried and then for her to get through to the final two among MPs and win with the… (View Post)

Nah. I take the point about needing a massive number of gains but I don't think the ground game is all that important and, ironically given so much previous comment, the boundary changes may help Lab… (View Post)

That's entirely plausible. Most parties that have been in government drift to the extremes before reverting back to the centre after further defeats. That said, most parties drift to the centre in of… (View Post)

Correct. Trump intimidates, bullies and corrupts. He does not recognise the law as anything other than an irritant and a weapon against others; the concept of justice has no meaning to him. Likewise,… (View Post)