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I used to vote in the gatehouse of Nottingham Castle.

Most of this is probably true, but populists simply push the simplistic message that everything can be blamed on [insert minority group of choice]. By contrast left-wingers tend to look deeper into the issues but are at risk of over-complicating things, which may leave the less informed or less...

Perhaps better known as the Turnip Taliban. Quote "turnips are longer lasting that lettuces". It could be beyond 1997, when for example the Tories were still polling ahead of Labour on the economy. Since the days of the aforementioned Truss, that is no longer the case.

However left:right is 3:6, so this would probably still have passed even if RBG had a left-leaning replacement during the Obama era. And if she'd stepped down late in that era a Republican Senate would have stalled her replacement to allow Trump to appoint them, they did he did after Scalia...

Very worrying. Potentially the offences he is accused of might be deemed unofficial (certainly trying to defeat the election process looks that way). But as a minimum there's yet another round of legal battles, potentially back up to the Supreme Court again, to decide that question before it...

MRP works out the demographics in each constituency and then assumes each demographic will vote according to a profile derived from national surveys of that demographic. This doesn't take account of strong local factors, independents or small parties. So they are more likely to be wrong for...

So that's saying that DOO is only workable if the door systems are effective at detecting obstructions such as coats and bag straps.

Assuming Cambridge goes ahead as currently planned, Bedford station will need a re-build from the ground up, with significant disruption to service. They probably want to prioritise keeping MML and Thameslink going, so I guess would rather not have extra EWR service using it until it's finished.

The Stadler trams in Croydon have lights around the door edge that turn from green to red when the closure sequence starts, and I believe the new Piccadilly stock will have these too. Along with edge sensitive doors I hope these will go a long way with new fleets, but it doesn't solve the...

Just about the only thing Sunak did was the Windsor Framework, which cleaned up one of the Brexit messes Boris got done and averted a possilble major crisis in the form of a trade war with the EU. But avoiding something that might have happened, that few were aware of at the time, isn't going...

Who is apparently even less popular than Biden, although those figures will pre-date Thursday's events. I think the only way forward here, assuming Biden stands down, is an intensive mini-competition to woo the delegates ahead of a vote at the Convention. If that happens I just hope it won't...

Interestingly no reports from the sub-surface lines or the Victoria, which I believe are the only ones to have sensitive door edges. Presumably the Piccadilly will get these with the new fleet.

Committed Democrats will still vote for Biden regardless, and the Trump base will vote for him. Neither of these is enough to get a majority and much of the group in the middle is likely to be swayed by the perception that Biden is incapable. If Biden steps down then those who would have...

Much less so these days than in previous years. For example in the 70s Selnec/GMPTE had a totally bespoke bodyshell and well into the 80s Nottingham was specifying some strange variations with half-width front doors and pretty much unique bodywork.

There's also a Holiday Inn Express that looks down on Oxford Road.

I see your wider point but "ruthless as the other side" isn't correct. Trump has the Republican Party in a headlock, even appointing his daughter-in-law to run it. There are several "never Trump" Republican groups making a noise (such as Meidas Touch) and probably many other Republicans who...

Your figures appear to refer to the date the future leader became an MP, not when they became leader. I suggest it's more relevant to think about how long a defeated party takes to realise it needs a leader who will take it back to the centre. Blair didn't become leader until they had lost...

This report just appeared into two recent ones on the Northern Line, and contains some details of other incidents: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/667bcb964ae39c5e45fe4c6e/R062024_240627_Archway_and_Chalk_Farm.pdf

So that's three lies then. Boris must be behind this. Busy getting himself nominated on a shortlist of one for a neigbouring seat only 200 miles away.

The problem with this would have been that the planned NE England service would have filled the 200m units on its own, leaving no space for Edinburgh passengers. Running extra trains for Edinburgh via the ECML and making the WCML trains Glasgow only would have exceeded HS2 route capacity...