Neither of the two seats the Lib Dems did gain off the Tories in that time were 'small town Tory seats'. One was in ultra-rural Wales, the other in rich SW London. But since Romsey (2000), … (View Post)

This is a myth, or at least, a dying echo of what was once true. The Lib Dems have taken precisely one seat off the Tories at a by-election outside London in the last TWENTY years. There remains this… (View Post)

If they were double-digits ahead in the opinion polls and winning other elections happily - and were the Greens not taking core Labour votes in a worryingly large number of places - yes. But Labour d… (View Post)

Labour has to fight Chesham seriously. Obviously it has no chance of winning or even finishing second but there is a serious risk of it finishing fourth, behind the Greens. Given that Batley is far f… (View Post)

Because, not least, the membership *wanted* the Leave vote to be disrespected. "Starmer's policy" is something of a misnomer, both because it wasn't a credible policy but also bec… (View Post)