• Amber Rudd is no loss to politics. I suspect neither are the others, but it all depends on who takes their places. Obviously.

    As I'm sure everyone remembers, the last time there was a general election, Labour were 20% behind when the campaign began. I imagine this time around the Tories (or what's left of them) will attempt to run a near-100% attack campaign against Labour (as opposed to a 'positive' campaign centred around the towering figure of the, er, Prime Maynister). It'll be nasty and unedifying in some ways.

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