MatthewAllen

You want a leaner, harder-edged Britain: benefits tied to work, defence spending over welfare spending, the triple lock loosened, immigrants tested on integration before settlement. This isn't reflexive tabloid politics — it's a coherent case for a state that expects more and gives less unconditionally.

You split with the nation almost exactly down the middle — siding with the majority on barely half your votes — which is unusual for someone this decisively right overall. The tension is real: you defend the transatlantic relationship and doubt Ukraine support while most of Britain doesn't, and you dismiss claims that right-wing media dominance is dangerous, cutting against a national majority that thinks it is.

Where your local area has an opinion, it's almost always yours — pension reform, welfare-to-work, defence-over-welfare, the monarchy, Thatcher's legacy. Coventry North West, on your evidence, is quietly to your right, agreeing with you even on votes where the rest of the country doesn't.

You've cast real political judgment on welfare, defence and governance — but housing, health, justice, energy and technology are untouched. For someone this decided on the state's obligations, silence on health and justice is the hole in the picture.

This is early days —29 scored votes is a strong opening statement, not the full portrait. Vote on justice or housing next and we'll see whether the hardliner holds or softens; the profile gets sharper, and truer, every week you show up.