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 problem but the way they contra… (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 the ben… (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). The… (View Post)

After 14 years of the Conservatives not doing any "stuff", I can't see the long term advantage of that either. (View Post)