Isn't it the case that the PM would be on about £450k in today's money if the salary had kept pace with earnings? We've had a series of comfortably-off PMs self-effacingly freezing their own pay in o… (View Post)

I've never voted Labour in my life, but will be voting for Sadiq this time round. It would be crazy to do otherwise, given the new voting system that was imposed out of the blue by the Tories. (View Post)

Sadiq does okay at the Mr London thing, it's just that his style is much more everyman than showman. Yes, he's bland - but he gets about as much attention from local media as his predecessors did. Ha… (View Post)

It was pretty well known in the late 2000s, when the 'turnip taliban' were trying to block her selection as a PPC - her old Informed Consent profile was (partly) viewable on the wayback machine... (View Post)

Honestly, it might be worth looking into a limited version of that - especially now that Spain is so much harder to retire to thanks to Brexit. Build a new city on the Egyptian Mediterranean or Red S… (View Post)