One thing I will say about the result last night is (whatever the politics) it’s nice to see someone who has stood for the same seat fourteen times finally win it. I wonder if that sense of commitmen… (View Post)

I agree I find it hard to see Labour as the main beneficiary of anti-Reform tactical voting for the reason you state. If their unpopularity continues there’ll be a significant counterweight effect of… (View Post)

If we see no signs of voter consolidation, it is plausible we get a GE result where REF/CON/LAB/LD/SNP perhaps even GRN are in the range of 40-180 seats. It’s hard to see how that wouldn’t lead to a … (View Post)

Am I going mad, or did Labour expressly say when they announced this terrible policy that it only applied to right to work? (View Post)

It’s way too early to declare peak Reform IMHO. If they attracted a result like that from nowhere in a by election, they’d still pick up tons of seats nationally in a GE. What it might show is a nasc… (View Post)