I make it that they are currently leading in 11 of the 26 outstanding races, which would get us to a 222-213 outcome (amusingly, a reverse of 2020). There are at least 5 of those races where the GOP … (View Post)

That DM story doesn’t ring true. Partly because it’s the DM and partly because all that stuff about Putin remaining in power and not going to court reeks of crap. What assurances can the West give on… (View Post)

Every US election, I warn myself about how long it takes for some results to be counted. Every US election, I lose my patience by around this time after the vote and wonder how the hell they can coun… (View Post)

I don’t expect Rishi to improve Tory fortunes that much in the short term. It would have been too much to expect that he was going to enjoy a dramatic boost given the disaster of the Truss era. The k… (View Post)

A lot of this is anecdotal, admittedly, but there does appear to be a quiet determination from pretty much everyone I speak to, to keep the heating off much longer than would normally be the case. Mu… (View Post)