Any election in which Labour loses Hartlepool is indeed going to be very one-dimensional for them - mainly because they'll be squashed as flat as a pancake... (View Post)

The NHS-as-religion thing hardly helps: the public takes great pride in the local temple and wishes to see it beautified. A fine turn of phrase! (View Post)

@Northern_Al Why do the major parties always promise to increase spending on the NHS - and generally follow through with it - but treat social care as a Cinderella, even though pumping money into it … (View Post)

Right up until the moment Starmer leads Labour in voting against the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill 2021, that is. At which point it just looks thick. (View Post)

After desperately trying and failing to prove that a black man with a doctorate didn't actually have a doctorate ... all in the name of anti-racism. The 'logic' of Woke. (View Post)