Thinking about the statement posited in the header - I think this is incorrect. We can learn less from a specific, focused campaign when all parties are putting in maximum effort (far beyond that whi… (View Post)

If a party has already soaked up 50%+ of the vote in a particular seat, you can argue that there's precious little left to swing. I am assuming that this really represents turnout differential, … (View Post)

"Illegitimate" isn't quite the right word it's more that it has "run out of voter-approved legislative programme". What's in the 2019 manifesto: https://www.bbc.co.… (View Post)

This, of course, isn't new rhetoric. This is just maintaining the line that Russia's "natural" sphere of influence extends to the lines established in 1945, and anything else is t… (View Post)

Part of that, I guess, was ideology trumping strategy. But another part of it was probably the recognition that it had moved from a blitz to a war of attrition, and a fear of what the Soviets could d… (View Post)