Hmm, maybe you're right. But doesn't the new PM usually do that on their first day? So there must be a period when the PM has changed, but the cabinet posts are either vacant or still fille… (View Post)

If the referendum is boycotted then Remain will win it. The Tories and BXP then have to fight the next election on ignoring the more recent referendum, opening the whole can of worms again and doing … (View Post)

Although I panned the idea of a Corbyn mini-me it occurs to me that you have to think about Team Corbyn's moves in the context of the Labour succession. If Corbyn can say, OK, I know other parti… (View Post)

I agree with this, Corbyn won't want to risk handing the party over to another Labour faction, and a Corbyn mini-me doesn't really help get wider support. I go on about this but I reckon Sy… (View Post)

Since you have to persuade incumbents to pass the change and nobody wants to vote themselves out of a job, it might be easier to keep the same seats and quadruple the number of MPs. (View Post)