Watch how Twitter users are rating May and Corbyn’s performances.
It’s possible to accept all the arguments suggesting that it’s sensible for us to do so – but still feel morally queasy.
Plus: Hammond’s blunder. Peers’ folly. Stephen Hawking is not, repeat not, controlled by MI5. And: my inner Mary Whitehouse meets Katie Hopkins’ slack vagina.
Labour and the Lib Dems are being propped up by a party of hate.
And May’s reputation for straightforwardness risks damage from the Budget’s proposals for NICs.
Mass analysis of Twitter reaction shows its reputation was sealed by mid-afternoon. The proportion of angry tweets reached half the total.
He is a talented populist and looks set to do well in next week’s Dutch election. The question is what he will do then.
Studying 43,639 Tweets posted during Hammond’s speech and Corbyn’s reply shows the challenge facing the Chancellor.
The Chancellor sounded as if he was auditioning for a role in the Christmas panto.
From business rates to car insurance, errors are being made.
The “People’s Army” is an unpopular party and an unattractive brand. They always have been, and Brexit has changed nothing.
May faces such derisory opposition that her game is bound in time to lose its edge.
Voters in seats outside London and the South-East need to be forced to think about the Tories in a different way.
‘Socialism in the 21st Century’ could be a vote winner – the Opposition should pick up where Miliband left off.