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Wrong. My London built on the export of services over the last more than half a century since the collapse of all that Northern industry. When that changed, we changed radically to suit. Time the North did the same, instead of relying on our substantial handouts and screaming for more. .

True, but it's still only a tiny number as the percentage election results show. We make so little now and rely so much on services, the blue collars in large numbers have disappeared. Remember, there is no coal picket line now, since we have no coal mining after exporting those jobs to...

Not sure how much more of a look in that can be, considering the whole of London's surplus from earnings of £50 billions per annum is given to the regions! We get none of it, hence London having some of the most deprived and poverty stricken areas in the country. Perhaps he'll peel the £350...

As Woosh has shown and the facts clearly show, Boris Johnson's Tory gains have been very modest. The big factor has been the huge rise of the SNP in recent decades depriving Labour of their dominance there in Scotland. There's no point in a centrist party if in truth it's just another Tory...

The SNP is a big factor, while they dominate in Scotland Labour can never win against the dominance of the Tories in the South of the country. Scottish independance could destroy any chance of the UK having a true Socialist government. We'd be left with a choice of right or far right, rather...

While the SNP dominates Scotland, no Labour leader can win. .

Agreed. But you need to lose this silly obsession with Corbyn and stop repeating the media lies. Then you'll see that the real reason for Labour being unable to win is the rise of the SNP in recent decades. As I've pointed out, without the Scottish vote that was once Labour's, they cannot...

Yes it did. in 2017: Tories: 318 seats, Labour 262 seats. The SNP had fallen back to 35 back then so Labour wasn't as deprived of so many seats up there. Now with the SNP getting 55 seats, that 20 more made a big difference in what was once a Labour stronghold. Add the handful in the...

He was almost bound to win. As I've posted elsewhere, while the SNP deprive Labour of their one time Scottish electoral dominance, they can never overcome the Tory south of England majorities, regardless of who leads them. .

That's for English Remainer refugees to flee to. .

This made me laugh it was so untrue! When he became London mayor all his early appointments failed spectacularly. Three were quickly exposed as criminals, prompting me to post that it indicates the sort of company he keeps. .

Ditto. .

Just wait, Aldi will have a cheap one soon. .

But they'd still have lost, just as I forecast long ago and mentioned above on this link .

Is that out of 80, or my 83? .

It's far from it. Croydon was in rather rural Surrey until London was enlarged by the Tories to become Greater London, in an attempt by gerrymandering to make London more Tory. That failed of course. The central commercial district with it's many tower blocks is horrible, but most is very...

Let's put this Tory win into perspective, They are the Conservative and Unionist Party. They have achieved Scotland's government there and in Westminster determined to leave the Union. They have achieved Northern Ireland swinging strongly to nationalists and the unionist vote collapsing...

Croydon is London's largest borough and one of the largest in the country by population. .

London bucked the national trend as Labour held firm against the swing to the Conservatives. And of course London is by far the most successful part of the country. I hope the rest of the country will be happy to continue with their failure, they've voted for that since it's more of the same. .

All very true, and it fits with what I was forecasting a long time ago, that we are on a trend towards US style politics with a choice of two right wing parties, moderate and far right. A more centre right party will probably emerge from Labour now, more akin to Blair's, but they will only win...