I think it’s safe to say he won’t be.
Not really - it’s just that once upon a time Tory leaders were public school chaps, often Etonian and that for a while this actually became a hinderence (it was perceived as a handicap to Douglas Hurd’s ambitions). Letwin (and BORIS) are Etonians.
Blair went to Fettes which is often referred to as “Scotland’s Eton”
Well, if Lisa Simpson backs them…! 
Thanks for the information!
In America, when you can’t find a job in your field where are at the moment, but there are openings in some other state, you move. And moving should be much easier in a country as small as the UK. Why don’t your unemployed Welsh and Northerners just go south where the jobs are?
That’s another thing . . . what does “mouthbreather” connote in British discourse?
A good question.
There are all sorts of reasons. For example property costs a LOT more in the South East than in these areas. Also these unemployed people often are pretty well unemployable. They have very few skills and have been out of work for so long that they have forgotten how to work.
But in general you’re right - they should work when they can
A simpleton. One a few nectar points short of a toaster. A johnnie no-stars.
Holding a national referendum on electing the Commons by PR was one of Tony Blair’s campaign promises. In 1997. When’s it going to happen?! :mad:
Because, for one thing, there is a giant disparity in housing costs between regions not reflected in wages. When I moved North from Oxford a decade ago I took a lower salary because I could buy my own 3 bedroom house for less than I was being asked to rent a room in a shared house. in Oxford.
When turkeys start voting for Christmas - both main parties want to keep the present system. Only the Libs (and a few extremist nutters) want PR.
owl and other Brits are wont to speak in colloquialisms to, dare I say it , deliberately confuse our American cousins, BG. Don’t fret about understanding everything.
Calumny! Traducement! Vile Libel! (fair cop)
Then why did Blair think, back in '97, that he could pick up any votes by promising it?
That’s cool, man. Tres copacetic, fo’shizzle.
Because there are plenty of voters who would quite like it. Especially lib dem voters. However both major parties have a vested interest in the status quo - for example the Tories would get more MPs under PR than they have now - but would probably be throwing away any chance of outright government in the forseeable future - and labour hardly need to change the system. (especially as much of their majority is made up of Scottish seats - which are over represented in Parliament (although I believe this getting sorted out after the election)
nectar points http://www.nectar.com is a system of getting discounts on participating goods and services by partaking in participating goods and services, similar to air miles, really.
So, IOW, Blair made false promises to get votes. That would not be surprising behavior in an American politician, but in the UK! Tsk, tsk! 
It was a belt-and-braces move to get Paddy Pantsdown on side in case of a hung (or very close) Parliament. Quietly dropped when Labour won and landslide and the sandal-wearers weren’t needed anymore. Tony’s tent is only so big.
Unlike London, where hardly anyone who lives here is from here, Wales, the North, and the South West (which actually has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, and pays the lowest wages) still tend to have communities, in which people have lived all their lives. They have family there, and life-long friends , and are reluctant to give up that support network.