You're not giving enough credit to Truss (and giving too much to Brexit, which remains popular enough to enough people that it could keep the Tories in the game were it not for everything else). John… (View Post)

I don't believe a PM will call an election when double-digits behind in the polls if they can credibly go longer. The Budget won't change anything. A steady-as-she-goes one will make no impact; a rad… (View Post)

But which different leader? It's all very well speculating about Penny Morduant, and were there a vacancy she may well win. But then again, she may not. It could be a nutcase or chancer or ideologica… (View Post)

And IIRC, shortly afterwards, the Liberals voted against PR (or against STV, which isn't PR but approximates to a rough version of it), despite the Asquith / LG split, when Labour was deeply unpopula… (View Post)

Yes, and that's probably a fair criticism - and particularly on lines that were kept running. The overheads on many sparsely used country lines would still have been unviably high even with unstaffed… (View Post)