Badenoch is a talented speaker and very articulate. I am coming to the view though, that she does not apply that talent in a way that shouts “party leader.” She likes debating culture war topics. Gre… (View Post)

I do think it’s plausible Cleverly gets into the final 2. What happens then depends on who’s there with him. I would favour Badenoch over Cleverly but I am starting to doubt myself there. She does of… (View Post)

Reform’s next move, if they really want to hit the big time, is to professionalise their operation and start putting down roots in local government. As a step towards doing that they need to be putti… (View Post)

The new government’s priority list has been heavy on revert-to-type Labourism, and worryingly less about the national renewal shtick. (View Post)

I agree with all that. The Tories are in a bad place, but I think too much emphasis is put on how bad. People have short memories (even more so nowadays) and the electorate is more volatile. We also … (View Post)