Now here's a funny thing. Our (Blue Wall) District returning officer has just published the nominations for the May 2 local elections. In just about every seat, we've four candidates: LibDem, Labour,… (View Post)
The Vatican has a fully staffed Foreign Service (headed, btw, by an Englishman), with proper diplomats throughout the world. In practice, its dialogue with the Orthodox Church is, so far as is possib… (View Post)
I can remember next to nothing about the declarations on the first election night I followed as a 15 yo (Oct 1964), because the excitement all came before and after the night itself. It more or less … (View Post)
I think I know the answer. In my part of the Cotswolds, support for Remain was in the mid-70s to mid-80s in 2016. But it was close to zero among most owners of £5mn+ estates - most of whom still beli… (View Post)
As an anti-Tory activist in a Blue Wall seat that used to be hyper-safe Tory heartland, I'd say blue-rinsers are close to extinct. The boom in high life-expectancy Boomers means most of our pensioner… (View Post)