Johnson has long struck me as a clownish Herman Goering type figure - many non-Nazis found him quite funny. (View Post)

Bury North and Bury South are not really Red Wall seats in that they have often been Tory held - indeed even on the basis of the 2019 result it could be said that both are shifting to Labour on the b… (View Post)

The LDs - and the Liberals before them - benefitted as the obvious protest vehicle for the NOTA inclined. They now have serious rivals for that vote - eg the Greens . (View Post)

That is far from clear. In 2017 it was widely assumed that the substantial 2015 Ukip vote would switch en bloc to the Tories. In many seats that did not happen - indeed the withdrawal of Ukip candida… (View Post)

I don't think Parliament's approval will any longer be required - but the Boundary Commission will not report until mid-2023 implying that Autumn 2023 will be the earliest date for an election based … (View Post)