Suffolk. Retired. Human/humanist. Animal lover. Science, music, b&w films. ITFC/FWUFC. Politics, I can't help it. Comfortably numb. Same handle @bluesky
@Deppwifebeater@Keef1951@bsd_junkie@billybragg https://t.co/Gq34C7NJQT
The Opposition, formally known as HM Official Opposition, refers to the largest political party in the House of Commons that is not in government. The leader of this party takes the title Leader of the Opposition.
@shillcock_paul@bsd_junkie@billybragg It doesn't. You can't have a coalition opposition and if the newly elected Reform MPs jumped ship to the Tories their voters would go ballistic. Not a chance of that happening.
@Rich_S86 Twice?
"If you live in a Labour area you're 40% more likely to be a victim of crime"
Errrmmm the national government is Tory, the whole country is a Tory area.
@Steven_Swinford Longhi doesn't seem to realise that Farage does not want to partner with the Tories after the election, he wants to pick at the corpse and take them over.
@grofley @bays42 @pippadavies2@hammer_mo@DPJHodges Off the record briefings are meaningless. What's meaningful is that there have been no penalties or sanctions and there won't be, no matter how much you might hope there will be.