Not at all - the point is that it was far worse than anything Brown did. (View Post)

The Wilson government of 1964 - 70 bequeathed to its Tory successor both a Budget Surplus and a Balance of Payments Surplus. No Tory Government has managed either! (View Post)

The 2010 and 2017 elections produced Hung Parliaments and were not won by one party. The Tories only obtained office courtesy of smaller parties which had the option of swinging the other way. Thus, … (View Post)

But the pandemic - and the related 'rally around the flag' effect - is likely to be still bolstering Tory support albeit to nothing like the extent as during the early phase of the crisis. (View Post)

But Starmer is performing better in the polls than Gaitskell was at the same stage of the 1959 Parliament and Kinnock in the 1987 Parliament. Even as late as 1978 Thatcher was only recording 2% leads… (View Post)