The issue for the Tories is that these voters are not natural Thatcherites, to put it mildly. They believe in low immigration, they don’t like ‘progressive’ policies or identity politics, a number ar… (View Post)

I think they would find it hard to lose any more voters to their left than they lost in this GE. OK, it’s entirely possible they go into terminal decline and their coalition splinters even further, b… (View Post)

I hope he’s not paying them back in cash! (View Post)

For what it’s worth, I do think the Tories could win from the right; or at least build a voter coalition on the right that puts them in contention. But - I am not convinced that the person to do that… (View Post)

We also live in a political system where the most popular party is polling around 30% of the vote. I still find this tendency to view everything on a left/right/centre perspective rather odd. There i… (View Post)