Jeremy Corbyn did far better than expected in the last election because previously non-voting under-30s turned out for him. Clever target marketing helped Leave win the referendum. Maybe lessons are finally being learned, as a Rebel Alliance is bound to appeal to the Star Wars generation, who’ll be keen to ensure that the Empire doesn’t Strike Back. If they could somehow shoehorn in an Order of the Phoenix, it’d be a Cleansweep (one for the HP nerds).
“A ‘no-deal’ Brexit will be devastating”
I quoted Overheard Bloke in the Gym Changing Room not long after the referendum: ‘We should say ‘You’ve had your last cheque, Merkel’, close the borders, job done!’ If we’d followed his sage advice rather than fannying around for four years, we’d have been through the...