What I find interesting is just as Clarke's subsequent successes as Chancellor failed to erase the public memory of the events of 16th September 1992 which, though paradoxically good for the eco… (View Post)

Even Labour's staunchest friends would admit it's not been a smooth start and as I've said and you've tacitly acknowledged, it's not the gifts themselves which are the proble… (View Post)

This is actually very good. 880,000 people who were eligible for pension credit but who didn't for whatever reason claim something for which they were entitled. Getting a good number of these th… (View Post)

Yet despite only winning 60.3% of the vote in England between them, Labour and the Conservatives still won 463 of the 543 English seats (85%). Using Baxter, I took 5% off both the Conservative and La… (View Post)

Not sure that's true. However unpopular a Government may be, their chances of re-election are increased by the quality of the opposition facing them (2024 is only a slight exception to the rule)… (View Post)