Hasn't the fact that there was a file and he didn't know about it been common knowledge for years? The 'new' information in The Guardian is clearly trying to provide a little context, as the Mail and… (View Post)

I suspect that the more people who catch glimpse of how dull they are on the news, the more likely they won't care where they end up. (View Post)

Or perhaps there were multiple reasons? Both the Manchester bombing, and the manifesto/social care u-turn, happened around the same time, so picking one of those as the key is difficult. The downturn… (View Post)

Bear in mind this is also from before the Labour conference, so the noise was perhaps even more noisy. R&Ws more recent poll has Labour up slightly, but pretty steady compared to their other regu… (View Post)

All he's doing is avoiding falling into an obvious trap. If he commits to it, then the Tories have him on the hook for either £40+ billion in tax rises, or the cancellation of all the other plans the… (View Post)