GE campaigns test the mettle of leaders. Major famously excelled at it in 1992 and he was very magnanimous in 1997. Brown had some awful moments in 2010 but largely managed to keep it together. Milib… (View Post)

Yes, this is the sort of sh*t that limits Farage’s appeal. We saw it on display earlier when he was saying he would’ve won election before if it hadn’t have been for cheating. We are, thankfully, not… (View Post)

Indeed, though I fear that history is littered with examples of the “give them a go and people will see how bad they are at it and come back to us” tactic not working out as intended. What such a tac… (View Post)

I think so, though wonder if this is symptomatic of politics nowadays and whether we’ll find Labour have quite a few problems with their MPs in the next parliament. For many MPs the job used to be a … (View Post)

hard to see Macron getting a majority in Parliament. Is he actually aiming for a FN minority government so as to take the edge off them by the time the next Presidential election rolls around? Risky … (View Post)