But we have yet to reach mid-term! The latest Yougov poll would imply a return to a Hung Parliament with Labour gaining 45 Tory seats. Beyond that , there could be some Tory losses to the SNP and the… (View Post)

To correct one point, he has not been successful at every election he contested. He was heavily defeated at Clwyd South in 1997 - polling less than half the vote of his Labour opponent. That seat is … (View Post)

Had he known about it, I imagine Norman Lamont would have leaked that story in revenge! (View Post)

A Tory-held seat until 1964! (View Post)

Indeed so. Polls carried out in 1943 were actually suggesting a bigger landslide for Labour and other Left wing parties - such as Common Wealth - than actually occured in 1945. (View Post)