If he’s smart, he knows his government might very much live or die by getting numbers down by a fair chunk. He is doing the usual Starmer thing of unflashy, wait and see, hard graft, competence, wait… (View Post)

Another point is that FPTP has traditionally tended to contribute to a smaller-party squeeze; but in 2024 that wasn’t as apparent. If politics becomes more fragmented, and there’s a strong “plague on… (View Post)

Ouch…. (View Post)

And hence why Badenoch has A Problem. The Tories must not only be seen to be responding on policy but must be believed. That latter bit is ridiculously tough given their track record. The thing that … (View Post)

On assisted dying. I am I think probably similar to a lot of others in that in principle I am fully supportive of there being a right, but that the safeguards must be balanced, enforced and appropria… (View Post)