A panicked decision would certainly explain why they've seemed so under-prepared... But would Leadsom and other malcontents not have spoken out publicly about Sunak's ruse? (View Post)

Sky always seemed fairly downmarket and disreputable to me, hence the horribly classist joke that went around my primary school in the mid 90s: Q: What's the name of the wee box at the back of a sate… (View Post)

I suspect "accelerate rollout of universal credit" means JSA, the replacement of which is currently on indefinite hold. It fits well with the ambition to end NI, but will annoy many traditi… (View Post)

Good point about the manifesto coverage. Perhaps each party will get a bump in turn, like a compressed version of what happens during conference season... (View Post)

Good point. And on top of that, being leader of a small but unruly group would force him to spend time and energy on party management more generally - he'd have to be leader, whip, and originator of … (View Post)