I think it’s right to have a healthy dose of scepticism with the state polling particularly. It hasn’t been particularly accurate in the last couple of elections (or even before that, IIRC, but I hav… (View Post)

If I can say one thing in favour of Badenoch, I am generally interested in the moment at parties that promise institutional reform and change. I do subscribe to the notion that the way the British st… (View Post)

It’s been atrociously poor for ages, this latest glitch only makes it slightly more inaccurate than normal… (View Post)

Herself. The problem Badenoch has is she’s her own worst enemy. If she can get some of her impulses to say zany things or throwaway comments under control she might succeed. But she shows no signs of… (View Post)

Everything I’ve heard her say is small-state low-tax stuff, I’m not sure she’s ideologically of the levelling up, Boris boosterism bent. But the beauty of opposition is you can move, so who knows. (View Post)