I think that's back-to-front, to be honest. Politicians are switching parties because the parties have increasingly lacked consistency and put forward platforms that have moved well beyond the bounds… (View Post)

I'm also on my third party since 1995. But my defections are, in their own small way, a measure of the volatility on the centre-right. If the Tories were still sensibly conservative, I'd still be the… (View Post)

This assumes Trump has a strategy beyond self-glorification, self-enrichment and self-protection. (View Post)

Never is a long time. I remember people saying Labour would never win another election not that long ago. The electorate is uniquely volatile and disaligned from party identification. This is not a p… (View Post)

Why on earth would he change the habits of a lifetime? Farage has done more to damage Britain's international position than anyone in the last 50 years. You might as well trust Trump to honour a deal… (View Post)