Nah. That's Jenrick. She's a risk. Could work. Might not. She'll certainly make an impact one way or the other. The much safer choices are, of course, Cleverly and Tugendhat. But they don't appear to… (View Post)

Thst's quite likely a fair comment. But Netanyahu's culpability doesn't really impinge on the choice facing Israel as a whole. (View Post)

Interesting discussion. But, I think, missing one consideration. Which is: the Israeli state was completely humiliated by the October massacre. In particular the armed forces and the intelligence ser… (View Post)

I really quite like radio, old-fashioned as it may be. Chanced to hear a sketch - Rory Bremner doing the Trump-Starmer meet. At the end Starmer is escorted out. Inevitably, the lift-boy proves to be … (View Post)

Surely, there will be enormous pressure for Labour to elect its first woman leader whenever Starmer goes. Yet another stale pale male really won't be acceptable to the wokey massed ranks. (View Post)