Here in the hyper marginal constituency of East Ham where Sir Stephen Timms clings on by his fingertips to his 33,000 majority, the election campaign is finally underway. Supporters of Tahir Mirza, r… (View Post)

As usual, I agree with very little of this. There's still four weeks to go and plenty of time for events but the current situation remains dire for the Conservatives. It's not a big journey… (View Post)

It's hardly an excellent piece - it's peppered with the language of the 1980s - who uses the term "Wets" these days? Heath is an unreconstructed Thatcherite - the Blessed Margaret… (View Post)

So why is it none of the parties can be honest about tax rises? The answer, simply, is the media won't allow that honesty. We've had 40-50 years of dishonesty on tax - the continuous worshi… (View Post)

Interesting to look at the 2019 Conservative vote - the latest Deltapoll has it 55% Conservative, 22% Labour and 17% Reform once the DKs are taken out. R&W on Monday had 42% Conservative, 21% Lab… (View Post)