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It's alarming that Blair and Cameron have near enough the same number of votes. That's what going to Eton will do I guess. Makes even the most crass bullshit seem that bit more acceptable.

Disappointingly, that's one of the few seats the Conservatives are predicted to hold. https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Norfolk%20South%20West

Not that it alters your point greatly, the preceding election was in 2001 when the Conservatives were led by William Hague.

Blair got elected and actually achieved things. Good things that helped thousands if not millions of people. f***ing hell, if that's against Labour's principles then maybe I'll start voting for one of the other bunches of bastards.

No, that quote and the document linked to relates to the 1975 referendum. I've added a note to the post to make that clearer.

It was proposed to introduce a requirement, but not included in the referendum act. A simple majority (i.e. 50% of the votes cast) was required. "The issue was debated at Commons report stage, when Peter Emery (Conservative) moved a new clause to declare the result null and void unless there...

Ironic given that lying about who's fault the recession was and blaming everything on Labour, and then holding up the Labour/SNP chimera was pretty much how he got elected in the first place.

People often say that about May, but as far as I can tell it's based on a vaguely conciliatory approach to agreeing a brexit deal, that actually drove far harder to the right than might have been necessary and proved to be totally ineffective. Totally obsessed with immigration but with an...

Presumably the alternative candidates were somewhat less appealing than a lettuce.