This is the issue. They didn’t get a mandate for anything much. The strategy they had seemed to be to win the election, and they’d worry about the governing afterwards. I have said it a few times but… (View Post)

The Democrats are having a three-week-out wobble. I’m not quite convinced that is a bad thing for them and indeed I suspect some of the messaging from friendly media might even be an attempt to GOTV.… (View Post)

Surprised it’s taken so long TBH. If he’d been a UK Tory or an Australian PM he’d have been out 18 months ago. (View Post)

I think for a lot of countries, ours included, it’s essentially a collective shrug and a “if it isn’t broke don’t try to fix it” position. We’ve all got far more pressing issues. (View Post)

If the Tories are now tied with Labour on VI (though both of course are polling very low VI scores) this does potentially change the narrative around the new leader. If the Tories are polling around … (View Post)