Actually, it shows how well Anderson is playing the role. He is there to keep the core Conservative vote from slipping any further toward Reform. In truth, he says what CCHQ think the silenced majori… (View Post)

Evening all :) Interesting to read the various perspectives on unemployment. In East Ham, so @another_richard informs me, we have an unemployment rate of 7.1%. There are shops with vacancies and you … (View Post)

I think we need to define what we mean by "right wing populism" as distinct from an anti-incumbency bias. If we are talking about an anti-EU anti-immigration line there's no doubt part… (View Post)

Evening all :) On topic, it would more than just Lee Anderson to defect (not that he will as he serves a useful purpose). If 20-25 Conservative MPs defected en bloc, then yes Reform might just go sec… (View Post)

Evening all :) Trump challenges the cosy concensus in a way Thatcher and those who thought like her did in the 1970s. In the same way as Butskellism was shown to have failed then, so we can certainly… (View Post)