He is falling into the trap of thinking that there are lots of people sitting around desperately waiting for a centrist, moderate Tory Party to emerge. A number of those voters have already fled else… (View Post)

I agree with the opinions here that the Tories’ fate is largely out of their hands. I am not convinced that any grand strategy exists to bring them back to relevance, other than to focus on their bre… (View Post)

If Labour decide to spend another £3.5bn on welfarism in the current circumstances, without so much of a peep at wider reform, then I’m afraid they won’t be getting my vote at the next election. This… (View Post)

Because of the change in political culture since Wilson’s time it’s much more likely in this country that we see GE’s as the ultimate verdict on a leader now, and being a GE loser is more or less the… (View Post)

Ideally, we will get a government that is able to pursue meaningful reform in the coming years. My fear is that we won’t, and as a result we will be forced into it by the markets. That won’t be prett… (View Post)