At this point, we remember once again that Con has never polled sub-30% at a GE in their whole history. They scrape that, then it's 1997 redux rather than ELE, and they live to fight another day. OTO… (View Post)

The only card the Tories have left is to bribe rich elderly homeowners as much as possible and hope that large numbers of them don't sit on their hands or flounce to Reform. We've already had guarant… (View Post)

Unsurprising, of course. Good food (along with access to sporting facilities, one might add) costs a lot more than pile em high, sell em cheap ultra-processed fat blocks. (View Post)

I'd be astonished if deep musings about the nature and role of the Parliamentary Opposition post-election came into the thinking of more than a small fraction of voters, even amongst the minority who… (View Post)

Child cruelty! I learned that my parents contemplated calling me Pericles, BUT only as a middle name. I wouldn't have minded that. (View Post)