The fundamental problem is that there is no workable immigration policy that's acceptable to the Tory Right or to the immigration-obsessed fraction of the Conservative voter base. The Government can'… (View Post)

We don't have to batter the elderly and take all their goodies away, it's simply a matter of proportion. I draw the line at huge state pension hikes every bloody year for the beneficiaries of old fas… (View Post)

The far right in this country never does well in elections (the old European Parliament ones excepted, since the voters viewed them as a harmless way to register protest through a noddy assembly.) Th… (View Post)

That and the astronomical cost of putting social care right - and the not-so-small question of where all the money would come from. Theresa May tried to tap the obvious source - oldies' houses - and … (View Post)

Time for our regular reminder that the Conservative Party hasn't polled below 30% at a GE in its entire history, and there's every reason to suppose that a core vote strategy can maintain that record… (View Post)