They don't need actually to do any of this stuff. They just need a fig leaf that won't entirely wither away before the election. (View Post)

The Home Secretary really was named after the Dallas character. At birth she was registered as Sue Ellen. (View Post)

To join the Cabinet as Minister Without Shame? Oh, sorry, that position is already taken. (View Post)

None of the last eight Tory leaders has won a majority at a general election and survived as prime minister to the next election. (View Post)

For as long as I can remember, the conventional wisdom has been that you have to capture the centre ground of British politics. It's a mystery to me why a policy of lurching to the right should resul… (View Post)