It's the 3-dimensional chess part of the campaign where Truss and Mordaunt are both angling for Sunak's tactical votes, so they both have to try to make themselves look incompetent and easy to beat. (View Post)

The post-war houses in Japan don't last long but I don't think that's because they're timber, it's because they were made quick and cheap. My place was built in the 60s but by an eccentric potter usi… (View Post)

On topic you have to optimize for the actual electorate. Most people aren't impressed by Margaret Thatcher cosplay but Tory members presumably are, so that's what she did. Penny or Rishi could have d… (View Post)

Steady on now, one thing at a time. If she has plans to appeal to the larger electorate then she can't talk about them yet or she'd lose the elderly white southern conservative gentlemen. However if … (View Post)

The Tory system looks good on paper but it looks like it could well boil down to the following process: 1) The sanest 60% of the party pick a candidate 2) The maddest 40% of the party pick two candid… (View Post)